顔映し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顔 映
かお > かわ
Grade: 2
はゆ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
顏映し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears in sources from the late Heian period.

Compound of 顔 (kawo, “face”, classical reading; kao in modern Japanese) +‎ 映し (hayushi, “florid, flushed”, classical Japanese; hayui in modern Japanese, only used in compounds).[1][2]

/kawo hajuɕi/ → /kawa hajuɕi/

Note that 顔 (kao) in modern Japanese was historically pronounced /kapo/, shifting to /kafo/ and then to /kawo/ by the 11th century. When combined with 映し (hayushi), the /kawo/ shifted to become /kawa/ + /hajuɕi/. This appears to be the only word where the final -o in kawo shifted to -a; this may have been influenced by the initial -a- in hayushi.

Adjective

顔(かわ)映(はゆ)し • (kawahayushi) ←かははゆし (kafafayusi)?†-ku

  1. (archaic) red-faced
  2. (archaic) embarrassed, guilty of conscience
    • c. 1120: Konjaku Monogatarishū 19.9
      然レドモ極テカハゝユク思エテ、此ノ事ヲ人ニ不云ズシテ耄ケ行ク程ニ

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References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Yamada, Yoshio with Tadao Yamada, Hideo Yamada, Toshio Yamada (1962 March 5) [c. 1120] Konjaku Monogatarishū (Volume 4) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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