黒山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2
やま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑山 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (kuro, black) + (yama, mountain).[1][2][3]

First cited to the 伏屋の物語 (Fuseya no Monogatari), one of the 御伽草子 (Otogi-zōshi) written during the Muromachi period (1392–1573).[1]

Noun

(くろ)(やま) • (kuroyama) 

  1. [from probably 1400s] (archaic, possibly obsolete) thickly forested mountains
  2. [from around 1820–1849] (by extension) a throng (of people)

Proper noun

(くろ)(やま) • (Kuroyama) 

  1. a surname
  2. a place name

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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