津軽

See also: 津輕

Japanese
Kanji in this term
津 軽
つ
Grade: S		 かる > がる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Possibly from Ainu [Term?], the kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), literally 津 (tsu, “harbor”) +‎ 軽 (karu, stem meaning “light”‎). The karu changes to garu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Sometimes misspelled as つがろ (Tsugaro) in older texts. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

津軽 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 津輕, hiragana つがる, rōmaji Tsugaru)

  1. a placename, such as that of:
    1. a region comprising the western half of Aomori Prefecture
    2. Alternative spelling of つがる (Tsugaru): a city within that region
    3. (historical) Short for 津軽郡 (Tsugaru-gun): a district in Meiji-period Aomori Prefecture
  2. a surname

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • つがる (Tsugaru, city in Aomori Prefecture)
  • 津軽 (つがる)海 (かい)峡 (きょう) (Tsugaru Kaikyō, “Tsugaru Strait”)
  • 津 (つが)軽 (る)三 (じゃ)味 (み)線 (せん) (Tsugaru-jamisen)
  • 津軽 (つがる)じょんがら節 (ぶし) (Tsugaru jongara-bushi)
  • 津軽 (つがる)線 (せん) (Tsugaru-sen)
  • 津軽 (つがる)選 (せん)挙 (きょ) (Tsugaru Senkyo)
  • 津軽 (つがる)暖 (だん)流 (りゅう) (Tsugaru Danryū)
  • 津軽 (つがる)鉄 (てつ)道 (どう) (Tsugaru Tetsudō)
  • 津軽 (つがる)塗 (ぬ)り (Tsugaru-nuri)
  • 津軽 (つがる)半 (はん)島 (とう) (Tsugaru Hantō, “Tsugaru Peninsula”)
  • 津軽 (つがる)富 (ふ)士 (じ) (Tsugaru Fuji, nickname of Mount Iwaki)
  • 津軽 (つがる)平 (へい)野 (や) (Tsugaru Heiya)
  • 津軽 (つがる)焼 (や)き (Tsugaru-yaki)
  • 津軽 (つがる)山 (やま)唄 (うた) (Tsugaru yamauta)

Proverbs
  • 津軽 (つがる)合 (がっ)浦 (ぽう)外 (そと)の浜 (はま) (Tsugaru gappō soto no hama)

Noun

津軽 (hiragana つがる, katakana ツガル, rōmaji tsugaru)

  1. (rare) Synonym of 芥子 (keshi): the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum
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