翌檜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翌 檜
あすなろ
Grade: 6 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Etymology

Shortened from 明日は檜になろう (asu wa hinoki ni narō, literally “tomorrow [the asunaro] will become a hinoki cypress”),[1][2] a blend/compound of 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”) +‎ なろう (narō, volitional form of verb なる (naru), to “become”).

The kanji spelling is literally "next (day) + hinoki cypress".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あすなろ [àsúnáró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠sɨna̠ɾo̞]

Noun

翌檜(あすなろ) or 翌檜(あすなろう) • (asunaro or asunarō) ←あすならう (asunarau)?

  1. the hiba or false arborvitae, Thujopsis dolabrata
    Synonyms: 明日檜 (asuhi), 明日は檜 (asu wa hinoki), 貴 (ate), 檜葉 (hiba), 羅漢柏 (rakanhaku)
    Hypernym: 檜 (hinoki)

Derived terms

Proper noun

翌檜(あすなろ) • (Asunaro) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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