鎮魂

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Japanese[edit]

 鎮魂 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
こん
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
鎭魂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 鎮魂 (MC trinH hwon, literally “to calm, to pacify + soul, spirit”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ちん)(こん) (chinkonちんこん (tinkon)?

  1. consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead

Verb[edit]

(ちん)(こん)する (chinkon suruちんこん (tinkon)?suru (stem (ちん)(こん) (chinkon shi), past (ちん)(こん)した (chinkon shita))

  1. to console and pacify the souls of the dead
Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
たましずめ
Grade: S Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
鎭魂 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (tama, soul) +‎ 鎮め (shizume, calming, pacifying, appeasing, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (しず)める (shizumeru, to calm, to pacify, to appease).).[2][1]

The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

鎮魂(たましずめ) (tamashizumeたましづめ (tamasidume)?

  1. consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead
  2.  (Shinto) short for 鎮魂の祭 (tamashizume no matsuri, festival for the pacification of the souls of the dead) or 鎮魂の式 (tamashizume no shiki, ritual for the pacification of the souls of the dead): a mass

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
みたましずめ
Grade: S Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
鎭魂 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 御霊 (mitama, soul) +‎ 鎮め (shizume, calming, pacifying, appeasing, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (しず)める (shizumeru, to calm, to pacify, to appease).).[1]

The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

This reading with the mi- prefix appears to be less common than tamashizume above.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mʲita̠ma̠ɕizɨᵝme̞]

Noun[edit]

鎮魂(みたましずめ) (mitamashizumeみたましづめ (mitamasidume)?

  1. (Shinto, archaic) (see tamashizume above)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN