名状

See also: 名狀

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 名状 – see 名狀 (“to give an account in words; to report; to account; to describe”).
(This term is the simplified form of 名狀).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
名 状
めい
Grade: 1		 じょう
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
名狀 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めーじょー [mèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

名(めい)状(じょう) • (meijō) ←めいじやう (meizyau)?

  1. giving an account in the words; report, account, describe
    • 1683-1705, Itō Jinsai, Gomōjigi (語孟字義):
      物(モノ)之(ノ)大(ダイ)小(セウ)多(タ)寡(クワ)、紛(フン)々(プン)藉(セキ)々(セキニシテ)、不(ズ)㆑可(ベカラ)㆓名(メイ)状(ジヤウス)㆒
      mono no daishō taka, funpun sekiseki ni shite, meijō subekarazu
      Size and quantity of the things, they are mixed and confusing, and indefinable.
  2. (literally, rare) name and shape

Derived terms

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