赤紙
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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赤 | 紙 |
あか Grade: 1 |
かみ > がみ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 赤 (aka, “red”) + 紙 (kami, “paper”).[1][2][3][4]
First attested in any idiomatic sense from 1797.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- [from 1797] (historical) red paper used as a charm or ward against pox (usually smallpox, also the great pox or syphilis), and pasted on the frame of oil lamps or on 仁王 (Niō, “Nio”) statues
- [from 1794] a slip of red paper attached to a letter or other document to indicate urgency
- [from 1904] alternative name for 赤新聞 (aka shinbun, “scandal rag, gutter press, yellow journalism”)
- [from 1943] (informal) draft card (from the color of the paper stock used for these)
- [from ???] (informal) a label or sticker indicating that something is under seizure or garnishment
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 赤, 紙. ("red paper")
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “赤紙”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “赤紙”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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