万葉

From Middle Chinese elements 万 (man, “ten thousand”) +‎ 葉 (yō, “leaf”).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まんよー [màń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんよう, rōmaji man'yō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. myriads of leaves
2. thousands of years, eternity

• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)集 (しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんよう, rōmaji Man'yō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
2. a female given name

Shift from man'yō above.

The yō changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんにょう, rōmaji mannyō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Same as まんよう (man'yō) above

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんにょう, rōmaji Mannyō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE

• 万 (まん)葉 (にょう)仮 (が)名 (な) (Mannyōgana)

Various nanori readings.

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana かずは, rōmaji Kazuha, alternative reading かずよ, rōmaji Kazuyo, alternative reading まずは, rōmaji Mazuha, alternative reading まは, rōmaji Maha, alternative reading まや, rōmaji Maya, alternative reading まよ, rōmaji Mayo, alternative reading まよう, rōmaji Mayō, alternative reading まんは, rōmaji Manha, alternative reading みつよ, rōmaji Mitsuyo)

1. a female given name

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana ばんば, rōmaji Banba, alternative reading まんば, rōmaji Manba)

1. a surname