茜さし

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
茜
あかね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of pillow word 茜さす (akane sasu),[1] equivalent to 茜 (akane, “madder (dye) → red”) + 差し (sashi, “shining, tinging”).

Adnominal[edit]

茜(あかね)さし • (akane sashi) 

  1. shining madder red, alludes to 照る (teru, “to shine”)

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:茜さし.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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