真弓

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ゆみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
眞弓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of () (ma-, pure, genuine; beautiful) + (ゆみ) (yumi, bow).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ゆみ) (mayumi

  1. (archery) bow (laudatory)
  2. , マユミ, 万由三, 末由美, 麻由美: Hamilton's spindletree
  3. , 檀弓: bow made of the wood of Hamilton's spindletree
  4. : One type of color layering in traditional Japanese costume, with 蘇芳 (suō, deep red) on the outside and yellow on the inside. It is used mostly in the autumn.

Usage notes

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Proper noun

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()(ゆみ) (Mayumi

  1. a surname
  2. a unisex given name
  3. Mayumi (neighborhoods in Japan):
    1. A neighborhood of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture.
    2. A neighborhood of Ōhira, Tochigi Prefecture.
    3. The neighborhoods of Ikoma and Asuka, Nara Prefecture.
    4. A neighborhood of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
    5. A neighborhood of Yamakawa, Fukuoka Prefecture.
    6. A neighborhood of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture.

Descendants

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  • English: Mayumi

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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