青海原

Japanese
Kanji in this term
青 海 原
あお
Grade: 1		 うみ > うな
Grade: 2		 はら > ばら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi Irregular kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 青 (あを) (ao, “blue”) + 海 (うな)原 (ばら) (unabara, “ocean”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あおうな​ばら [àóúnáꜜbàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠o̞ɯ̟ᵝna̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

青海原 (hiragana あおうなばら, rōmaji aounabara, historical hiragana あをうなばら)

  1. the vast, blue ocean
    Synonym: 青海 (aoumi)

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

Old Japanese

Noun

青海原 (awounapara) (kana あをうなはら)

  1. the vast, blue ocean

Descendants
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