Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あかね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

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From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of pillow word 茜さす (akane sasu),[1] equivalent to (akane, madder (dye) → red) + 差し (sashi, shining, tinging).

Adnominal

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(あかね)さし (akane sashi

  1. shining madder red, alludes to 照る (teru, to shine)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:茜さし.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN