竜田川
See also: 龍田川
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 竜 | 田 | 川 |
| たつ Grade: S |
た Grade: 1 |
かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 龍田川 (kyūjitai) 立田川 |
Etymology edit
From 竜田 (Tatsuta, a geographic region in northwestern Nara Prefecture) + 川 (kawa, “river”).
- “pattern of scattering autumn leaves”
From the 283rd poem of the Kokin Wakashu:[1]
- たつた川もみぢ乱れてながるめりわたらば錦中やたえなむ
- Tatsuta-gawa momiji midarete nagarumeri wataraba nishiki naka ya taenan
- Tatsuta River is floating with scattered autumn leaves; if I go across, the brocade stops halfway.
- “bleeding”
From the 294th poem of the Kokin Wakashu (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17):[2]
- ちはやぶる神世も聞かずたつた川から紅に水くくるとは
- chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to wa
- Unheard even in the age of the mighty gods―the Tatsuta River tie-dying in Chinese crimson!
Proper noun edit
竜田川 • (Tatsuta-gawa) ←たつたがは (tatutagafa)?
- a river in northwestern Nara Prefecture, a tributary of the 大和川 (Yamato-gawa, “Yamato River”)
- Synonym of 千早振る (Chihayaburu): the title of a rakugo shaggy dog story
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:竜田川.
Noun edit
竜田川 • (Tatsuta-gawa) ←たつたがは (tatutagafa)?
- a pattern of scattering autumn leaves in a flowing river
- Synonym: 竜田 (Tatsuta)
- (figurative) bleeding like a blood-red river flowing
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:竜田川.
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN