百人一首

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひゃく
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
しゅ
Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Compound of百人 (ひゃくにん) (hyakunin, hundred persons) +  (いっ) (しゅ) (isshu, poem, literally "one + counter for poems").

Pronunciation

Noun

百人一首 (hiragana ひゃくにんいっしゅ, rōmaji hyakunin isshu)

  1. an anthology of one hundred poems by one hundred poets, one poet for each poem
    Synonyms: 百首 (hyakushu), 百人首 (hyakuninshu)

Derived terms

  •  (あい) (こく) (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Patriotic Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled during World War II
  •  () (ぐら) (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the "Ogura Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 13th century
  •  (きょう) () (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu): the "Comic Hundred Poems" anthology, published in 1843
  •  (しょく) (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (Shoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Hundred Poems Continued", compiled in 1893
  •  (しん) (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (Shin Hyakunin Isshu): the "New Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled in 1483

Proper noun

百人一首 (hiragana ひゃくにんいっしゅ, rōmaji Hyakunin Isshu)

  1. Short for 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the famous of the "one hundred poems anthology", used in the basis of certain card games.

Derived terms

  •  (ひゃく) (にん) (いっ) (しゅ) (ひと) () (がたり) (Hyakunin Isshu Hitoyogatari): an interpretation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poems by Ozaki Masayoshi

Usage notes

In haikai circles, the pronunciation is sometimes contracted to ひゃくにんしゅ (hyakuninshu), as in 百人首 (hyakuninshu, literally collection of hundred poets).

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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