常磐

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
常 磐
とこ > とき
Grade: 5		 いわ > わ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

⟨to2ko2 ipa⟩ → ⟨to2ki1pa⟩ → */təkʲipa/ → /tokifa/ → /tokiwa/

From Old Japanese.

Shift from a compound of 常 (toko, “unchanging”) +‎ 岩 (iwa, “rock”).[1][2]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

常磐 (hiragana ときわ, rōmaji tokiwa, historical hiragana ときは)

  1. (literally) a rock that does not change over time
  2. (figuratively) eternity
  3. an evergreen tree
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常磐 (トキワ)木通 (アケビ) (tokiwa akebi)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)色 (いろ) (tokiwa-iro)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)楓 (カエデ) (tokiwa kaede)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)柿 (ガキ) (tokiwa-gaki)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)堅磐 (かきわ)に (tokiwa kakiwa ni)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)木 (ぎ) (tokiwagi)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)御 (ギョ)柳 (リュウ) (tokiwa gyoryū)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)草 (グサ) (tokiwa-gusa)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)山 (サン)樝 (ザ)子 (シ) (tokiwa sanzashi)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)黄 (ハ)櫨 (ゼ) (tokiwa haze)
  • 常磐 (トキワ)満作 (マンサク) (tokiwa mansaku)

Adjective

常磐 (-nari inflection, hiragana ときわ, rōmaji tokiwa, historical hiragana ときは)

  1. (archaic) eternal, unchanging
  2. (archaic) evergreen

Proper noun

常磐 (hiragana ときわ, rōmaji Tokiwa, historical hiragana ときは)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常磐 (ときわ)公 (こう)園 (えん) (Tokiwa Kōen)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)神 (じん)社 (じゃ) (Tokiwa Jinja)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)津 (ず) (Tokiwazu)
  • 常磐 (ときわ)津 (ず)節 (ぶし) (Tokiwazu-bushi)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
常 磐
じょう
Grade: 5		 ばん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

/d͡ʑauban/ → /d͡ʑɔːban/ → /d͡ʑoːban/

From the first kanji of the names of the provinces: the 常 (jō) of 常陸 (Hitachi), and the 磐 (ban) of 磐城 (Iwaki).

Proper noun

常磐 (hiragana じょうばん, rōmaji Jōban, historical hiragana じやうばん)

  1. (historical) the provinces of Hitachi and Iwaki
  2. a former city in southeastern Fukushima Prefecture, today merged with the city of Iwaki
  3. a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常 (じょう)磐 (ばん)線 (せん) (Jōban-sen)
  • 常 (じょう)磐 (ばん)炭 (たん)田 (でん) (Jōban Tanden)
  • 常 (じょう)磐 (ばん)道 (どう) (Jōban-dō)
  • 常 (じょう)磐 (ばん)物 (もの) (Jōban-mono)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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