大阪
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See also: 大坂
Chinese[edit]
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
a slope; hillside | ||
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trad. (大阪) | 大 | 阪 | |
simp. #(大阪) | 大 | 阪 | |
alternative forms | 大坂 |
Etymology[edit]
- “Osaka”
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàbǎn
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-pan3
- Yale: Dà-bǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahbaan
- Palladius: Дабань (Dabanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 baan2
- Yale: daaih báan
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 baan2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 ban2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² paːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun[edit]
大阪
- (~市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
- (~府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka
Noun[edit]
大阪
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 阪 |
おお Grade: 1 |
さか Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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大坂 (obsolete) |
Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) + 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Wosaka → Osaka, literally “little hill”) and was renamed to mean literally a “large hill”. [1][2]
Originally spelled as 大坂 until the early Meiji period, possibly for some superstitious reason.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- a placename, especially:
- Short for 大阪府 (Ōsaka-fu): a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea
- Short for 大阪市 (Ōsaka-shi): the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- a surname
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 大阪浅漬け (Ōsaka asazuke)
- 大阪切り漬け (Ōsaka kirizuke)
- 大阪港 (Ōsaka-kō)
- 大阪狭山 (Ōsakasayama)
- 大阪事件 (Ōsaka jiken)
- 大阪城 (Ōsaka-jō)
- 大阪証券取引所 (Ōsaka shōken torihikijo)
- 大阪鮨 (Ōsaka-zushi)
- 大阪相撲 (Ōsaka-zumō)
- 大阪都 (Ōsaka-to)
- 大阪撫子 (Ōsaka nadeshiko)
- 大阪俄 (Ōsaka niwaka)
- 大阪場所 (Ōsaka basho)
- 大阪平野 (Ōsaka heiya)
- 大阪弁 (Ōsaka-ben)
- 大阪落語 (Ōsaka rakugo)
- 大阪-湾 (Ōsaka-wan)
- 東大阪 (Higashiōsaka)
Idioms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 阪 |
おお Grade: 1 |
さか > ざか Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 大阪 (Ōsaka, placename)
- 2021, Todōfuken zukan [Prefectures picture book], page 88:
- 大阪府の由来 古くは「おさか」「おおざか」とよばれ、「小坂」「大坂」から明治維新後に「大阪」となった
- Ōsaka-fu no yurai Furuku wa “Osaka” “Ōzaka” to yobare, “Osaka” “Ōzaka” kara Meiji Ishin-go ni “Ōsaka” to natta
- Osaka prefecture origins: Formerly called “Osaka” [with a short o] or “Ōzaka” and written <小坂> or <大坂>, it became <大阪> [Ōsaka] after the Meiji Restoration
- 大阪府の由来 古くは「おさか」「おおざか」とよばれ、「小坂」「大坂」から明治維新後に「大阪」となった
- a surname
Coordinate terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 大坂城のはじまり 『大坂城全史――歴史と構造の謎を解く』「はじめに」 - 中村博司
- ^ 浅井建爾 『日本の地名がわかる事典』 日本実業出版、1998年、→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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