源氏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 6
し > じ
Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

From (gen, on-reading of minamoto, literally fountainhead, source) + (-shi, family).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじ [gèńjí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

(げん)() • (Genji) 

  1. any family or clan with a common surname of (Minamoto)
    Synonym: 源家 (Genke)
  2. Short for 源氏行 (Genji-kō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  3. Short for 源氏香 (Genji-kō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. Short for 源氏絵 (Genji-e): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. Short for 源氏織り (Genji-ori): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  7. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the calabash or bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida
  8. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena
  9. (slang) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

Proper noun

(げん)() • (Genji) 

  1. Short for 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu
  2. Short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel
  3. a placename
  4. a surname

Derived terms

Proverbs

  • (きり)(つぼ)源氏(げんじ) (Kiritsubo Genji)

References

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