上洛

Japanese
Kanji in this term
上 洛
じょう
Grade: 1		 らく
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

"To go to Luoyang", China's eastern capital of Han and Tang dynasties.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じょーらく [jòórákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

上(じょう)洛(らく) • (jōraku) 

  1. (historical or archaic) going to Kyoto; going to the capital, visiting the capital
    Synonym: 上京 (jōkyō)
    上(じょう)洛(らく)中(ちゅう)で会(あ)った。
    Jōraku chū de atta.
    They met while visiting the capital.
    • 1979, Moriya Katsuhisa, Jōraku: Seiji to bunka [The capital: Politics and culture], page 20:
      ところで、こうした中(ちゅう)世(せい)から近(きん)世(せい)にいたる諸将(しょしょう)の上(じょう)洛(らく)のなかで、京(きょう)都(と)は大(おお)きな変(へん)貌(ぼう)を遂(と)げていた。
      Tokorode, kō shita chūsei kara kinsei ni itaru sho shō no jōraku no naka de, Kyōto wa ōkina henbō o togete-ita.
      Thus, as a result of various leaders coming up to the capital from the Middle Ages until recent times, Kyoto has undergone major changes.

Verb

上(じょう)洛(らく)する • (jōraku suru) suru, stem 上(じょう)洛(らく)し (jōraku shi), past 上(じょう)洛(らく)した (jōraku shita)

  1. (historical or archaic) to go to Kyoto, go to the capital

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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