おきな

Japanese

Alternative spelling
翁

Contrasts with 嫗 (omina).^[1]

おきな • (okina)

old man
- c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari^[5]
  今(いま)は昔(むかし)、竹(たけ)取(とり)の翁(おきな)といふものありけり。
  Ima wa mukashi, Taketori no Okina to iu mono arikeri.
  Once upon a time, there was a man named Taketori no Okina [the Old Bamboo Man].

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