大君

大君

1. (literary) Son of Heaven; the Emperor
2. (literary) eldest son

From /*opokimi/ → /*oɸokimi/ → /owokimi/ → /ookimi/ → /oːkimi/. Compound of Old Japanese - elements 大 (ō, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi, “lord, lady”).^[1][2] kimi Sometimes pronounced in modern Japanese as ōgimi.^[1][2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2][3]
• (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókímí] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• (Tokyo) おおきみ [óꜜòkìmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːkʲimʲi]

大(おお)君(きみ) • (ōkimi) ^{←おほきみ (ofokimi)?}

1. (honorific) the emperor, His Majesty
2. (honorific) one of the reigning Emperor's descendants, especially his grandchildren and below (諸王 (shoō)); compare 皇子 (miko, used specifically for 親王 (shinnō)) and 皇女 (himemiko, used specifically for 内親王 (naishinnō))
3. (honorific) a member of the petty nobility
4. (honorific) someone of high status
5. (honorific) one's lord or master

Compound of Old Japanese elements 大 (ōi, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi).^[1][2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːiɡʲimʲi]

大(おおい)君(ぎみ) • (ōigimi) ^{←おほいぎみ (ofoigimi)?}

1. (obsolete, honorific) the eldest daughter of a noble family

From Middle Chinese 大君 (MC dajH kjun, “big, great + lord”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin 大君 (dàjūn, “emperor, lord; god, divinity; eldest son”).

• (Tokyo) たいくん [táꜜìkùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟̃ɴ]

大(たい)君(くん) • (taikun) 

1. (honorific) a lord
2. (honorific) an imperial prince
3. during the Edo period, an alternative title for the 将軍 (shōgun) of the Tokugawa government, used in communications with other countries
4. in ancient China, a title given to a royal heir

• → English: tycoon
  • → German: Tycoon m
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tajkun
• → German: Taikun m
• → Norwegian Bokmål: taikun m