草原
ChineseEdit
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
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trad. (草原) | 草 | 原 | |
simp. #(草原) | 草 | 原 |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
草原
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JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term | |
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草 | 原 |
そう Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi | kan’on |
Might be a learned borrowing from Chinese 草原. Alternatively, it might be a reanalysis of 草原 (kusahara), applying the expected on'yomi to the spelling to imbue the term with a higher register.
First cited with this sōgen reading to a newspaper article published in 1871.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- [from 1871] grassland, meadow
- 2014 March 8, “ルイーズ (Ruīzu, “Louise”)”, in 決闘王の記憶 - 決闘者の王国編 (“Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc”), Konami:
- 体は小さいが、草原での守備力はかなり強い。
- Karada wa chīsai ga, sōgen de no shubiryoku wa kanari tsuyoi.
- It may be small, but its defense strength is considerable in grasslands.
- 体は小さいが、草原での守備力はかなり強い。
- [after 1871] steppe, savanna, prairie
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term | |
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草 | 原 |
くさ Grade: 1 |
わら Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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草 | 原 |
くさ Grade: 1 |
はら Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 草 (kusa, “grass”) + 原 (hara, “wild or uncultivated field, plain, flatland”).[1][2][3][5][6]
First cited with the kusahara reading to a text from the late 1500s.[1]
Occasionally encountered with an alternative reading of kusawara.[4]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
草原 or 草原 • (kusahara or kusawara)
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “草原”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- ^ “草原”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
KoreanEdit
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草 | 原 |
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VietnameseEdit
Hán tự in this term | |
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草 | 原 |
NounEdit
草原
- chữ Hán form of thảo nguyên (“grassland; steppe”).