青海原

See also: 靑海原

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	海	原
あお Grade: 1	Grade: 2	はら > ばら Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑海原 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

From 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 海原 (unabara, “wide ocean”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あおうな​ばら [àóúnáꜜbàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ɯ̟ᵝna̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

青海原(あおうなばら) • (aounabara) ^{←あをうなばら (awounabara)?}

1. the vast, blue ocean
   • c. 935, Ki no Tsurayuki, Tosa Nikki

     あをうなばらふりさけ見(み)れば春日(かすが)なる三(み)笠(かさ)の山(やま)にいでし月(つき)かも

     aounabara furisakemireba Kasuga naru Mikasa-no-yama ni ideshi tsuki ka mo

     Gazing afar across the wide, blue ocean, the moon rises over Mount Mikasa in Kasuga.

     [Note: The 406th poem of the Kokin Wakashū replaces aounabara with 天の原 (ama no hara, “plain of heaven”).]

   Synonym: 青海 (aoumi)