相模

Japanese
Kanji in this term
相 模
さが
Grade: 3		 も > み
Grade: 6
nanori Irregular

Alternative forms
  • 相摸

Etymology

⟨saɡamu⟩ → */saɡamʉ/ → /saɡami/

Shift from Old Japanese 相模 (Sagamu), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Proper noun

相模 (hiragana さがみ, rōmaji Sagami)

  1. Short for 相模国 (Sagami no kuni): Sagami Province, an old province of Japan, today part of Kanagawa Prefecture
    Synonym: 相州 (Sōshū)
  2. an 11th-century Heian-period waka poet
    • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 815 by Sagami; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 65)
      恨 (うら)みわびほさぬ袖 (そで)だにあるものを恋 (こひ)に朽 (く)ちなむ名 (な)こそ惜 (を)しけれ
      uramiwabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere
      Weary of feeling resentment―never mind these sleeves that have yet to dry, but I would certainly resent the fame of rotting from love.[1]
    Synonym: 乙侍従 (Oto-jijū)
  3. a surname

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 相模 (さがみ)女 (おんな) (Sagami onna)
  • 相模 (さがみ)川 (がわ) (Sagami-gawa)
  • 相模 (さがみ)下 (げ)女 (じょ) (Sagami gejo)
  • 相模 (さがみ)湖 (こ) (Sagami-ko)
  • 相模 (さがみ)集 (しゅう) (Sagami-shū)
  • 相模 (さがみ)舟 (しゅう)状 (じょう)海 (かい)盆 (ぼん) (Sagami Shūjō-kaibon)
  • 相模 (さがみ)太 (た)郎 (ろう) (Sagami Tarō)
  • 相模 (さがみ)鉄道 (てつどう) (Sagami Tetsudō)
  • 相模 (さがみ)トラフ (Sagami torafu)
  • 相模 (さがみ)灘 (なだ) (Sagami-nada)
  • 相模 (さがみ)入 (にゅう)道 (どう) (Sagami Nyūdō)
  • 相模 (さがみ)原 (はら) (Sagamihara)
  • 相模 (さがみ)湾 (わん) (Sagami-wan)

Noun

相模 (hiragana さがみ, rōmaji Sagami)

  1. Short for 相模女 (Sagami onna) and 相模下女 (Sagami gejo): a woman or maidservant born and raised in Sagami Province

References
  1. Ichiro Leopold Hanami (1997) The priest Jakuren and his poetry: a reflection of late-twelfth century poetics, Stanford University, page 313

Old Japanese

Alternative forms
  • 相摸, 相武

Etymology

Proper noun

相模 (Sagamu) (kana さがむ)

  1. Short for 相模國 (Sagamu no2 kuni): Sagamu Province, an old province of Japan, today part of Kanagawa Prefecture
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3362), text here
      相模祢乃 乎美祢見可久思 和須礼久流 伊毛我名欲妣弖 吾乎祢之奈久奈
      Sagamune no2 wo-mi1ne mi2kakusi wasurekuru imo ga na yo1bi1te a wo ne si naku na
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3372), text here
      相模治乃 余呂伎能波麻乃 麻奈胡奈須 児良波可奈之久 於毛波流留可毛
      Sagamudi no2 Yo2ro2gi1-no2-pama no2 manago1 nasu ko1ra pa kanasiku omoparuru ka mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

See also
  • さねさし (sanesasi, pillow word alluding to Sagamu)
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