浪速

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	速
なみ > なに Grade: S	はや > わ Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology

Ultimately a corruption of Old Japanese 浪速 (Nami₁paya).

Proper noun

浪(なに)速(わ) • (Naniwa) ^{←なには (nanifa)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 難波 (Naniwa): an old placename for the region now known as 大阪 (Ōsaka, “Osaka”)
2. Short for 浪速区 (Naniwa-ku): one of the twenty-four wards of Osaka
3. a surname
4. a male given name

Derived terms

• 浪速(なにわ)江(え) (Naniwa-e)
• 浪速(なにわ)踊(おど)り (Naniwa Odori)
• 浪速(ナニワ)蜻蛉(トンボ) (Naniwa tonbo)

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	速
なみ Grade: S	はや Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 浪 (nami₁, “wave”) +‎ 速 (paya, stem of adjective 速し (payasi), “rapid, swift”).

Proper noun

浪速 (Nami₁paya) (kana なみはや)

1. Short for 浪速國 (Nami₁paya-no₂-kuni): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Synonym: 浪花 (Nami₁pana)

   • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Jimmu, entry 4: [671 BCE], second month:

     皇師遂東、舳艫相接、方到難波之碕。因以名為浪速國、亦曰浪花、今謂難波訛也。

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Derived terms

• 難波 (Nanipa)