千歳
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 千 | 歳 |
| ち Grade: 1 |
とせ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 千歲 (kyūjitai) 千年 |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ちとせ [ch
ìtósé] (Heiban – [0])[1] - (Tokyo) ちとせ [ch
ìtóꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [2]) - IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥to̞se̞]
Noun
千歳 • (chitose)
Derived terms
Proper noun
千歳 • (Chitose)
- a female given name
- Chitose (a city in Ishikari subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a district of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Chitose district, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōtomari district, Karafuto prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Higashimurayama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Asai district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Awa district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Minamikuwada district, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Kitatama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Kanzaki district, Saga Prefecture, Japan)
- (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōno district, Ōita Prefecture, Japan)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 千 | 歳 |
| せん Grade: 1 |
ざい Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 千歲 (kyūjitai) 千載 |
From Middle Chinese 千歲 (MC tshen sjwejH, “thousand years of age”).
Noun
千歳 • (senzai)
- synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)
- a role in the 翁 (Okina) routine in Noh
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN