Source Word
白妙の
Hiragana
しろたえの / しろたへの
Phrase
Japanese Meaning
白く美しいさま / 純白であること、またその色合い / 和歌などで、白い衣や袖を暗示する枕詞的な表現
Easy Japanese Meaning
とても白くてうつくしいようすをあらわすことば。白いきものやそでのようすにもたとえる。
Chinese (Simplified)
如纸桑(构树)树皮布般洁白的 / (日本古典诗歌)枕词,常用于衣、袖、袂、襷、紐等词前
Sense(1)
white as the cloth made from the bark of the 梶の木 (kaji no ki, “paper mulberry”), alludes to 衣 (koromo, “robe”), 袖 (sode, “sleeve”), 襷 (tasuki, “cord to tuck up a sleeve”), 袂 (tamoto, “sleeve pocket”), 紐 (himo, “cord, string”), 肩巾, 領布 (hire, “shawl”), etc.
Sense(2)
the color white, alludes to 雲 (kumo, “clouds”), 波 (nami, “waves”), 浜の真砂 (hama no masago, “grains of sand at a beach”), 雪 (yuki, “snow”), etc.
Sense(3)
as compared to cloth made from 藤 (fuji, “wisteria”) bark, alludes to 藤江の浦 (Fujie-no-ura)
Sense(4)
from 木綿 (yū, “thread made from bark fibres”), alludes to 夕 (yū, “evening”) or words containing yū
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