かし

See also: かじ, がし, and カシ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kana spelling of various terms.

Noun

かし • (kashi) 

For pronunciation and definitions of かし – see the following entries.
【花糸】
[noun] (botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
【貸し】
[noun] loan, to make someone in debt
【菓子】
[noun] sweet, confection
[noun] candy
[noun] pastry, cake, cookie
【歌詞】
[noun] (music) lyrics
【下歯】
[noun] (rare) lower teeth
【仮死】
[noun] suspended animation
【樫】J
[noun] live oak, evergreen oak
Alternative spelling
カシ
【カシ】
[noun] 樫, 橿, 櫧, 檍: oak
Alternative spellings
樫, 橿, 櫧, 檍
【可視】
[noun] visibility
【華氏】
[noun] (attributive) Fahrenheit
Alternative spelling
カ氏
【瑕疵】
[noun] flaw, defect
[noun] (law) flaw, defects
【下賜】
[noun] bestowing
[verb] to bestow
【下肢】
[noun] lower limbs, legs
【下士】
[noun] a person of poor upbringing and character
[noun] a low ranking samurai
[noun] (archaic) a non-commissioned officer
【戕牁】
[noun] a mooring post
Alternative spelling
牫牱
(This term, かし (kashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かし.)

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Verb

かし • (kashi) 

  1. ren'yōkei of 貸す: to lend
  2. ren'yōkei of 化す: to transform
  3. ren'yōkei of 課す: to impose

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
河岸
川岸

Possibly a shift in meaning from 戕牁(かし) (kashi, “mooring post”), i.e. a shift from "mooring post" to "the location a mooring post is placed".[1]

Noun

かし • (kashi) 

  1. synonym of かわぎし (kawagishi, “riverbank; riverside”)
    Synonym: 河岸 (kagan)
  2. a market on a riverbank; particularly a fish market
  3. a venue; a place for activities
  4. (historical) clipping of 河岸見世 (kashimise)

Etymology 3

Particle

かし • (kashi) 

  1. (archaic) Shows emphasis.
    • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari
      わざとあめるを、早(はや)うものせよかし。
      Wazato a meru o, hayō monoseyo kashi.
      It seems to be a special [invitation], so please go early.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “金日成将軍の歌”:
      広(こう)野(や)の吹(ふ)雪(ぶき)よ　語(かた)れかし
      密(みつ)林(りん)の長(なが)き夜(よ)　告(つ)げよかし
      kōya no fubuki yo katare kashi
      mitsurin no nagaki yo tsugeyo kashi
      Tell, blizzards in the wild plains,
      Tell, long nights in dense forests

References

  1. ^ “かし”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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