百人一首
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |||
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百 | 人 | 一 | 首 |
ひゃく Grade: 1 |
にん Grade: 1 |
いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
しゅ Grade: 2 |
goon |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 百人 (hyakunin, “hundred persons”) + 一首 (isshu, “poem”, literally "one + counter for poems").
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
百人一首 • (hyakunin isshu)
Derived terms[edit]
- 愛国百人一首 (Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Patriotic Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled during World War II
- 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the "Ogura Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 13th century
- 冠玉百人一首 (Kangyoku Hyakunin Isshu)
- 狂歌百人一首 (Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu): the "Comic Hundred Poems" anthology, published in 1843
- 続百人一首 (Shoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Hundred Poems Continued", compiled in 1893
- 新百人一首 (Shin Hyakunin Isshu): the "New Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled in 1483
Proper noun[edit]
百人一首 • (Hyakunin Isshu)
- short for 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): a famous "one hundred poems anthology", used as the basis of certain card games
Derived terms[edit]
- 百人一首一夕話 (Hyakunin Isshu Hitoyogatari): an interpretation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poems by Ozaki Masayoshi
Usage notes[edit]
In haikai circles, the pronunciation is sometimes contracted to ひゃくにんしゅ (hyakuninshu), as in 百人首 (hyakuninshu, literally “collection of hundred poets”).
References[edit]
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