白妙の

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 妙
しろ
Grade: 1
たえ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
白栲の

Etymology

From 白妙 (shirotae, “white-colored”), extension of 白栲 (shirotae, “white paper mulberry cloth”), coupled with genitive case marker の (no).

Phrase

白(しろ)妙(たえ)の • (shirotae no) ←しろたへの (sirotafe no)?

  1. allusion to articles of clothing as white as paper mulberry such as 衣 (koromo, “clothes, garments”), 袖 (sode, “sleeve”), etc.
  2. allusion to objects typically white in color such as 浪 (nami, “waves”), 浜 (hama, “shore”), 雪 (yuki, “snow”), etc.
  3. allusion to placenames such as 香椎 (Kashii) or 浜名 (Hamana)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:白妙の.

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 白妙 (siro1tape2, “white-colored”), extension of 白栲 (siro1tape2, “white paper mulberry cloth”), coupled with genitive case marker の (no2).

Phrase

白妙の (siro1tape2 no2) (kana しろたへの)

  1. allusion to articles of clothing as white as paper mulberry such as 衣 (ko2ro2mo, “clothes, garments”), 袖 (so1de, “sleeve”), 袂 (tamoto2, “sleeve pocket”), etc.
  2. allusion to objects typically white in color such as 雲 (kumo, “clouds”)
  3. allusion to placenames such as 藤江 (Pudiye, “Fujie”)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:白妙の.

See also

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