清少納言
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See also: 淸少納言
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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清 | 少 | 納 | 言 |
せい Grade: 4 |
しょう Grade: 2 |
な Grade: 6 |
ごん Grade: 2 |
kan'on | on'yomi | kan'yōon | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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淸少納言 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]The initial 清 (Sei) is short for her family name 清原 (Kiyohara), while 少納言 (shōnagon, “lesser counselor of state”) refers to a position probably held by one of her husbands or close relatives. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Proper noun
[edit]清少納言 • (Sei Shōnagon) ←せいせうなごん (Sei Seunagon)?
- pen name of a mid-Heian period poet and court lady, possibly 清原諾子 (Kiyohara no Nagiko), famous for authoring 枕草子 (Makura no Sōshi, “The Pillow Book”)
Derived terms
[edit]- 清少納言集 (Sei Shōnagon-shū)
See also
[edit]- 清少納言 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- Sei Shōnagon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 清 read as せい
- Japanese terms spelled with 少 read as しょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 納 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 言 read as ごん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji