大阪

See also: 大坂

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 a slope; hillside
trad. (大阪) 大 阪
simp. #(大阪) 大 阪
alternative forms 大坂

Etymology
“Osaka”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大阪

  1. (～市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. (～府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
  3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka

Noun

大阪

  1. (Classical) great hill; great mountain; great slope

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 阪
おお
Grade: 1		 さか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大坂 (obsolete)

Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) +‎ 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Wosaka → Osaka, literally “little hill”) and was renamed to mean literally a “large hill”. [1][2]

Originally spelled as 大坂 until the early Meiji period, possibly for some superstitious reason.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おおさか [òósáká] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːsa̠ka̠]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

大(おお)阪(さか) • (Ōsaka) ←おほさか (ofosaka)?

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. Short for 大阪府 (Ōsaka-fu): a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea
    2. Short for 大阪市 (Ōsaka-shi): the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  2. a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)浅(あさ)漬(づ)け (Ōsaka asazuke)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)切(き)り漬(づ)け (Ōsaka kirizuke)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)港(こう) (Ōsaka-kō)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)狭(さ)山(やま) (Ōsakasayama)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)事(じ)件(けん) (Ōsaka jiken)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)城(じょう) (Ōsaka-jō)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)証(しょう)券(けん)取(とり)引(ひき)所(じょ) (Ōsaka shōken torihikijo)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)鮨(ずし) (Ōsaka-zushi)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)相撲(ずもう) (Ōsaka-zumō)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)都(と) (Ōsaka-to)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)撫(なでし)子(こ) (Ōsaka nadeshiko)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)俄(にわか) (Ōsaka niwaka)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)場(ば)所(しょ) (Ōsaka basho)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)平(へい)野(や) (Ōsaka heiya)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)弁(べん) (Ōsaka-ben)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)落(らく)語(ご) (Ōsaka rakugo)
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)-湾(わん) (Ōsaka-wan)
  • 東(ひがし)大(おお)阪(さか) (Higashiōsaka)
Idioms
  • 大(おお)阪(さか)の食(く)い倒(だお)れ (Ōsaka no kuidaore)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 阪
おお
Grade: 1		 さか > ざか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːza̠ka̠]

Proper noun

大(おお)阪(ざか) • (Ōzaka) ←おほざか (ofozaka)?

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 大阪 (Ōsaka, placename)
    • 2021, Todōfuken zukan [Prefectures picture book], page 88:
      大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)の由(ゆ)来(らい)　古(  ふる)くは「おさか」「おおざか」とよばれ、「小(お)坂(さか)」「大(おお)坂(ざか)」から明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん)後(ご)に「大(おお)阪(さか)」となった
      Ōsaka-fu no yurai   Furuku wa “Osaka” “Ōzaka” to yobare, “Osaka” “Ōzaka” kara Meiji Ishin-go ni “Ōsaka” to natta
      Osaka prefecture origins: Formerly called “Osaka” [with a short o] or “Ōzaka” and written <小坂> or <大坂>, it became <大阪> [Ōsaka] after the Meiji Restoration
  2. a surname

Coordinate terms

See also

References
  1. 大坂城のはじまり　『大坂城全史――歴史と構造の謎を解く』「はじめに」 - 中村博司
  2. 浅井建爾 『日本の地名がわかる事典』 日本実業出版、1998年、→ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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