Japanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Hyōgaiji
かん
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon on’yomi

白堊 (chalk) +‎ (house)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はく)()(かん) (hakuakanはくあくわん (fakuakwan)?

  1. white-painted large building
    • 1906 December, ja:石川啄木, “葬列 [Funeral Procession]”, in 明星 十二號 (fiction):
      これは(この)(まち)(いち)(ばん)(ひと)()()(ゆう)(だい)()階立(かいだち)(はく)()(かん)()(なつ)かしき()(こう)である。
      Kore wa konomachi de ichiban hito no me ni tatsu yūdai na nikaidachi no hakuakan, wa ga natsukashiki bokō dearu.
      This is the most eye-catching and magnificent two-story white building in the city, my dear alma mater.
    • 1920 June 1, ドンチキ [The Donchiki], page 6:
      診察處 メーナードとジヤクソン街角(白堊館內)
      Clinic — corner of Maynard and Jackson (in the white building)
    • 1958, Keiō Gijuku hyaku-nen shi [Keio Private University 100 year history]‎[1], jōkan, page 546:
      この(こう)(しゃ)(めい)()(さん)(じゅう)(ねん)()()()()(よう)()(しゃ)(やま)(した)()りてからのちは、いわゆる「(はく)()(かん)」と(しょう)し、(がく)(せい)()(かい)のルームとして(しょう)()(じゅう)()(じゅう)(ろく)(ねん)ごろまで(なが)使()(よう)された。
      Kono kōsha wa Meiji sanjū-nen (1897) yōchi sha ga yama no shita ni orite kara nochi wa, iwayuru “hakuakan” to shōshi, gakusei bukai no rūmu to shite Shōwa jūgo jūroku-nen goro made nagaku shiyō sareta.
      In Meiji year 30 (1897), after the kindergarten was moved to the bottom the hill, this building was designated “white hall” and was used as the student organization room for a long time, until around Showa 15 or 16 [1941].

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Hyōgaiji
かん
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon on’yomi

白堊 (chalk) +‎ (house), Calque of English White House

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

(はく)()(かん) (Hakuakanはくあくわん (fakuakwan)?

  1. (obsolete) the White House
    • 1942 February, ja:海野十三, “不沈軍艦の見本:――金博士シリーズ・10――”, in 新靑年 (fiction):
      ここはワシントンの(はく)()(かん)()()(じゅう)()(かい)であった。その一室(いっしつ)(なか)(だい)(とう)(りょう)ルーズベルトのひびのはいった(たけ)()()のような(こえ)がする。
      Koko wa Washinton no Hakuakan no chika jūnikai deatta. sono isshitsu no naka de daitōryō Rūzuberuto no hibi no wa itta takebora no yō na koe ga suru.
      This was the twelfth basement floor of the White House in Washington. Inside the room, President Roosevelt's voice sounded like a cracked bamboo horagai.
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Descendants edit
  • Korean: 백악관 (白堊館, Baegakgwan)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
ホワイトハウス
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji Grade: 3
jukujikun

Proper noun edit

白堊館(ホワイトハウス) (Howaito Hausu

  1. obsolete spelling of ホワイトハウス

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Proper noun edit

白堊館 (Baegakgwan) (hangeul 백악관)

  1. Hanja form? of 백악관 (the White House).