愛媛

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See also: 爱媛

Chinese

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to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
a beauty
trad. (愛媛)
simp. (爱媛)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese ()(ひめ) (Ehime).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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愛媛

  1. () Ehime (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ひめ
Grade: 4
nanori kun'yomi

Etymology

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⟨epi1me1/epʲimʲe//eɸime//ehime/

From Old Japanese 愛比賣 (epi1me1, literally loveable girl), an epithet of Iyo Province according to the Kojiki (712 CE).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(ひめ) (Ehime

  1. Short for 愛媛県 (Ehime-ken): Ehime Prefecture
  2. a female given name

References

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  1. ^ Herbert E. Plutschow (1990) Chaos and Cosmos: Ritual in Early and Medieval Japanese Literature (Volume 1 of Brill's Japanese Studies Library), BRILL, →ISBN, page 76
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN