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いさな【鯨・鯨魚・鯨名・勇魚・不知魚・伊佐魚】 : isana | define meaning
isana
Definition
Noun
- (Archaism) Whale
- いさなとり【鯨取・勇魚取】
isana tori
"whaling"
- いさなとり【鯨取・勇魚取】
- (Archaism) Any large fish
Etymology
First translated as "The whale, or name of any large fish" and marked as an archaism by James Curtis Hepburn in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), page 207. Attested in the Man'yōshū (8th century CE).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 鯨 鯨魚 鯨名 勇魚 不知魚 伊佐魚 |
| Kana | いさな |
| Romanization | isana |
意味：くじら・クジラ【鯨】
Categories:
鯨
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2016, February 10). いさな【鯨・鯨魚・鯨名・勇魚・不知魚・伊佐魚】 : isana | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 22, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3924/isana/.