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黄葉づ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
もみ
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黃葉づ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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⟨mo(1)mi1tu⟩ → */mʷomʲitu/ → */moʷmʲidu//momid͡ʑu//momizu/

Shift from Old Japanese verb 黄葉つ (momitu → momitsu), from 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, quadrigrade conjugation) to 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, upper bigrade conjugation) in Middle Japanese.[1][2]

The kanji spelling means 黄葉 (yellow + leaf).

Verb

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黄葉づ(もみず) (momizuもみづ (momidu)?intransitive nidan

  1. (of leaves, archaic) to change colors in autumn (usually in the case of the kanji, "to yellow", as opposed to , "to redden")
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 340)
      (ゆき)()りて(とし)()れぬる(とき)にこそつひにもみぢぬ(まつ)()えけれ
      yuki furite toshi no kurenuru toki ni koso tsui ni momijinu matsu mo miekere
      It is in the season when the year draws to a close beneath falling snow that the pine reveals itself unaltered in hue to the end.[3]
    Synonym: 黄葉する (kōyō suru, momiji suru)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Esperanza U. Ramirez-Christensen (1994) Heart's Flower: The Life and Poetry of Shinkei, annotated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 411