相模

Japanese
Kanji in this term
相 模
さが
Grade: 3		 も > み
Grade: 6
nanori irregular

Etymology

⟨saɡamu⟩ → */saɡamʉ/ → /saɡami/

Shift from Old Japanese 相模 (Sagamu), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さ​がみ [sáꜜgàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Proper noun

相(さが)模(み) • (Sagami) 

  1. 相模, 相摸: Sagami Province (an ancient province of Japan, roughly equivalent to the modern Kanagawa Prefecture)
    Synonyms: 相模国 (Sagami no Kuni), 相州 (Sōshū)
  2. Sagami (the neighborhoods of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture; of Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture; and of Ōtsushi, Shiga Prefecture; in Japan)
  3. Sagami: a Japanese female waka poet of the Heian period (11th century)
    Synonym: 乙侍従 (Oto-jijū)
    • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 815 by Sagami; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 65)
      恨(うら)みわびほさぬ袖(そで)だにあるものを恋(こひ)に朽(く)ちなむ名(な)こそ惜(を)しけれ
      Uramiwabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere
      Weary of feeling resentment―never mind these sleeves that have yet to dry, but I would certainly resent the fame of rotting from love.[1]
  4. a surname

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 相(さが)模(み)女(おんな) (Sagami onna)
  • 相(さが)模(み)川(がわ) (Sagami-gawa)
  • 相(さが)模(み)下(げ)女(じょ) (Sagami gejo)
  • 相(さが)模(み)湖(こ) (Sagami-ko)
  • 相(さが)模(み)集(しゅう) (Sagami-shū)
  • 相(さが)模(み)舟(しゅう)状(じょう)海(かい)盆(ぼん) (Sagami Shūjō-kaibon)
  • 相(さが)模(み)太(た)郎(ろう) (Sagami Tarō)
  • 相(さが)模(み)鉄(てつ)道(どう) (Sagami Tetsudō)
  • 相(さが)模(み)トラフ (Sagami torafu)
  • 相(さが)模(み)灘(なだ) (Sagami-nada)
  • 相(さが)模(み)入(にゅう)道(どう) (Sagami Nyūdō)
  • 相(さが)模(み)原(はら) (Sagamihara)
  • 相(さが)模(み)湾(わん) (Sagami-wan)

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 相模
  • → English: Sagami

Noun

相(さが)模(み) • (Sagami) 

  1. Short for 相模女 (Sagami onna).

References
  1. Ichiro Leopold Hanami (1997) The priest Jakuren and his poetry: a reflection of late-twelfth century poetics, Stanford University, page 313

Old Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Proper noun

相模 (Sagamu) (kana さがむ)

  1. Short for 相模國 (Sagamu no2 kuni): Sagamu Province, an old province of Japan, today part of Kanagawa Prefecture
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3362:
      , text here
      相模祢乃 乎美祢見可久思 和須礼久流 伊毛我名欲妣弖 吾乎祢之奈久奈
      Sagamune no2 wo-mi1ne mi2kakusi wasurekuru imo ga na yo1bi1te a wo ne si naku na
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3372:
      , text here
      相模治乃 余呂伎能波麻乃 麻奈胡奈須 児良波可奈之久 於毛波流留可毛
      Sagamudi no2 Yo2ro2gi1-no2-pama no2 manago1 nasu ko1ra pa kanasiku omoparuru ka mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

See also
  • さねさし (sanesasi, pillow word alluding to Sagamu)
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