霊屋

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
霊	屋
たま Grade: S	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靈屋 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 霊 (tama, “soul, essence, life force”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house; building”).^[1]^[2]^[3] First appears in the 1000s.^[1]^[4]

The term appears to be a shift in usage from the earlier terms 殯宮 (mogari no miya, araki no miya, literally “wake or mourning shrine”) and 喪屋 (moya, literally “funerary house”) seen in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.^[4]

Alternative forms

魂屋 (uncommon)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たまや [tàmáꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠ja̠]

Noun

霊(たま)屋(や) • (tamaya)

(Shinto) a shrine dedicated to a specific individual
Synonyms: 霊廟 (reibyō), 霊殿 (tamadono), (see below) 霊屋 (reioku)

日(にっ)光(こう)東(とう)照(しょう)宮(ぐう)は霊(たま)屋(や)の一(いち)例(れい)です。
Nikkō Tōshōgū wa tamaya no ichirei desu.
The Nikkō Tōshōgū is one example of a tamaya, a shrine dedicated to an individual.
(Shinto) a place where the remains of the dead are kept temporarily during a period of mourning, prior to burial at a formal funeral
Synonym: 霊殿 (tamadono)
(Shinto) a roof placed over a grave, sometimes built to shelter offerings, incense, and the like from the elements
Synonym: 上屋 (uwaya)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
霊	屋
れい Grade: S	おく Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
靈屋 (kyūjitai)

Likely from Middle Chinese 靈屋 (MC leng 'uwk).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーおく [rèéókú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

霊(れい)屋(おく) • (reioku) ^{←れいをく (reiwoku)^?}

(Shinto) a shrine dedicated to a specific individual
Synonyms: 霊廟 (reibyō), 霊殿 (tamadono), (see above) 霊屋 (tamaya)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 “霊屋”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

“霊屋”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
“霊屋”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[sekai-4] 4.0 ^4.1 “霊屋”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

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