吾妻

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ Jinmeiyō	つま > ずま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吾妻 – see the following entry.

【東あずま】2 [noun] (archaic) the east [noun] (archaic) the lands east of the 都 (miyako, “imperial capital”) [noun] (regional, historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the Kamakura region or its titular 幕府 (bakufu, “shogunate”), as opposed to the imperial capital of Kyoto [noun] (regional, historical) during the Edo period, the region around Edo [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] Short for 東琴 (azumagoto): a six-stringed Japanese zither [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [proper noun] a placename [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 吾嬬

(This term, 吾妻, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

• 関東(かんとう) (Kantō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ(が) Jinmeiyō	つま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɡa̠t͡sɨma̠]

Proper noun

吾(あが)妻(つま) • (Agatsuma) ^{←あがつま (Agatuma)?}

1. Agatsuma (a district of Gunma, Japan)

References

• Akimoto, Kichirō (1958) [c. 715] Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Fudoki (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN