大八洲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 八 洲
おお
Grade: 1		 や
Grade: 1		 しま
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
大八州
大八島

Etymology

Compound of 大 (ō, “great, big”) +‎ 八 (ya, “eight”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”), referring to the eight islands of Japan created by Izanagi and Izanami according to the Kojiki. This compound most often uses the less-common spelling of 洲 for the shima (“island”) portion.[1][2]

First cited to a text from 849.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(おお)八(や)洲(しま) • (Ōyashima) ←おほやしま (ofoyasima)?

  1. [from 849] short for 大八洲国 (Ōyashima-guni): Japan

References
  1. “大八洲・大八島”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “大八洲”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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