若武者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
若 武 者
わか
Grade: 6 		む
Grade: 5 		しゃ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka, “youth; young”) + 武(む)者(しゃ) (musha, “warrior”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わかむしゃ [wàkámúshá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ka̠mɯ̟ɕa̠]

Noun

若(わか)武(む)者(しゃ) • (wakamusha) ←わかむしや (wakamusya)?

  1. young warrior

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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