黒山
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黒 | 山 |
| くろ Grade: 2 |
やま Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 黑山 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 黒 (kuro, “black”) + 山 (yama, “mountain”).[1][2][3]
First cited to the 伏屋の物語 (Fuseya no Monogatari), one of the 御伽草子 (Otogi-zōshi) written during the Muromachi period (1392–1573).[1]
Noun
黒山 • (kuroyama)
- [from probably 1400s] (archaic, possibly obsolete) thickly forested mountains
- [from around 1820–1849] (by extension) a throng (of people)
Proper noun
黒山 • (Kuroyama)
- a surname
- a place name
- (archaic) Montenegro
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
- ^ 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