Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 音寫 (“transcription”).
(This term is the simplified form of 音寫).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おん
Grade: 1
しゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
音寫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

(on, sound) +‎ (sha, copy; reproduce)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(おん)(しゃ) (onsha

  1. transcription
    • 断末魔」,『日本大百科全書』
      末魔(まつま)はサンスクリット()のマルマンmarmanの音写(おんしゃ)で、「関節(かんせつ)致命的(ちめいてき)部分(ぶぶん)(きず)つきやすい場所(ばしょ)」を意味(いみ)し、結局(けっきょく)急所(きゅうしょ)」のこと。
      Matsuma wa Sansukuritto-go no maruman marman no onsha de,“kansetsu, chimeiteki na bubun, kizutsukiyasui basho” o imi shi, kekkyoku “kyūsho” no koto.
      末魔 is the transcription of the Sanskrit word marman, which means “joint; weak or vulnerable part”, i.e. equivalent to kyūsho (in Japanese, “vital spot”).

Verb edit

(おん)(しゃ)する (onsha surusuru (stem (おん)(しゃ) (onsha shi), past (おん)(しゃ)した (onsha shita))

  1. to transcribe

Conjugation edit

References edit

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