吉野

Japanese
Kanji in this term
吉 野
よ(し)
Grade: S		 の
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 芳野

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

吉(よし)野(の) • (Yoshino) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 御(み)吉(よし)野(の) (mi-Yoshino, epithetic)
  • 吉(よし)野織(のお)り (Yoshino-ori)
  • 吉(よし)野(の)草(ぐさ) (Yoshino-gusa)
  • 吉(よし)野(の)-山(やま) (Yoshino-yama)
  • 染(ソメ)井(イ)吉(ヨシ)野(ノ) (somei-yoshino)

Old Japanese

Alternative forms
  • 芳野

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

吉野 (Yo2sino1) (kana よしの)

  1. a place name
Derived terms
  • 御吉野 (mi1-Yo2sino1)
Descendants
  • Japanese: 吉野 (Yoshino)

Etymology 2

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Possibly the Eastern Old Japanese variant.

Proper noun

吉野 (Ye(2)sino1) (kana 𛀁しの)

  1. a place name
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