忠実

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 6
じつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 忠實 (trjuwng zyit, literally loyal + truth).

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

忠実 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 忠實, -na inflection, hiragana ちゅうじつ, rōmaji chūjitsu)

  1. faithful, loyal, devoted
Inflection

Noun

忠実 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 忠實, hiragana ちゅうじつ, rōmaji chūjitsu)

  1. faithfulness, loyalty, devotedness
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
Irregular

Probably an alteration of (ma, real, true) + (mi, body, content; fruit, results).[3]

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

忠実 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 忠實, -na inflection, hiragana まめ, rōmaji mame)

  1. faithful, loyal, devoted
  2. hardworking, painstaking, diligent
  3. healthy, fit
Inflection

Noun

忠実 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 忠實, hiragana まめ, rōmaji mame)

  1. faithfulness, loyalty, devotedness
  2. hardworkingness, painstakingness, diligence
  3. healthiness, fitness
Derived terms
  • 口忠実 (くちまめ) (kuchimame)
  •  () () () (komame)
  •  () () () ()しい (mamemameshii)
  •  () () () (mamedatsu)
  •  () () (mameshi)
  •  () ()やか (mameyaka)
  • 忠実事 (まめごと) (mamegoto)
  • 忠実事 (まめわざ) (mamewaza)
  • 忠実人 (まめびと) (mamebito)
  • 忠実心 (まめごころ) (mamegokoro)
  • 忠実文 (まめぶみ) (mamebumi)
  • 忠実男 (まめおとこ) (mameotoko)
  •  () () () (temame)
  •  () () () (kimame)
  • 筆忠実 (ふでまめ) (fudemame)
  • 足忠実 (あしまめ) (ashimame)

Proper noun

忠実 (hiragana ただざね, rōmaji Tadazane)

  1. A unisex given name

忠実 (hiragana ただみ, rōmaji Tadami)

  1. A female given name

忠実 (hiragana ただみつ, rōmaji Tadamitsu)

  1. A unisex given name

忠実 (hiragana ちゅうじつ, rōmaji Chūjitsu)

  1. A unisex given name

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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