源五郎鮒
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||
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源 | 五 | 郎 | 鮒 |
げん Grade: 6 |
ご Grade: 1 |
ろう Grade: S |
ふな > ぶな Hyōgai |
kan'on | on'yomi | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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源五郞鮒 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editCompound of 源五郎 (Gengorō, “Japanese diving beetle, Cybister chinensis”, also a male given name) + 鮒 (funa, “crucian carp”).[1][2] The funa changes to buna as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The derivation is somewhat muddled.
- According to one theory, the Gengorō portion was the name of a fisherman who fished in Lake Biwa, and every morning, presented the best of his catch of funa to the local lord.[1]
- In another theory, this term arose from a tale about a Lake Biwa fisherman named Gengorō, who fell in love with a noblewoman and arranged a secret meeting with her by hiding a note inside a gengorōbuna fish that he had caught and presented to her.
- The first portion is also the word for the Japanese diving beetle, possibly because the fish eats insects as part of its diet, or because of a superficial similarity in shape.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit源五郎鮒 or 源五郎鮒 • (gengorōbuna) ←げんごらうぶな (gengoraubuna)?
- Carassius cuvieri the Japanese crucian carp or white crucian carp, a type of 鮒 (funa, “crucian carp”), an edible freshwater ray-finned fish related to carp and goldfish and endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ゲンゴロウブナ.
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- Gengorōbuna entry at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)
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- Japanese terms spelled with 源 read as げん
- Japanese terms spelled with 五 read as ご
- Japanese terms spelled with 郎 read as ろう
- Japanese terms spelled with 鮒 read as ふな
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese compound terms
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- ja:Carps