万葉

See also: 萬葉 and 万叶

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
万 葉
まん
Grade: 2		 よう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɰjeu/ → /maɰjoː/

From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mʉɐnH jiᴇp̚).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まんよー [màn'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

万(まん)葉(よう) • (man'yō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension) thousands of years, eternity
Derived terms

Proper noun

万(まん)葉(よう) • (Man'yō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
  2. a female given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)緯(い) (Man'yōi)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)仮名(がな) (man'yōgana)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)考(こう) (Man'yōkō)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)拾(しゅう)穂(すい)抄(しょう) (Man'yō Shūsuishō)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (Man'yō Shugi)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (Man'yō shokubutsu)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)代(だい)匠(しょう)記(き) (Man'yō Daishōki)
  • 万(まん)葉(よう)調(ちょう) (Man'yōchō)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
万 葉
まん
Grade: 2		 よう > にょう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɲːeɸu/ → /maɲːeu/ → /maɲɲoː/

Shift from man'yō above.

The yō changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

Noun

万(まん)葉(にょう) • (mannyō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. (rare) myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity

Proper noun

万(まん)葉(にょう) • (Mannyō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. (rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

万葉(かずは) or 万葉(かずよ) or 万葉(まずは) or 万葉(まは) or 万葉(まや) or 万葉(まよ) or 万葉(まよう) or 万葉(まんは) or 万葉(みつよ) • (Kazuha or Kazuyo or Mazuha or Maha or Maya or Mayo or Mayō or Manha or Mitsuyo) 

  1. a female given name

万葉(ばんば) or 万葉(まんば) • (Banba or Manba) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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