一天万乗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	天	万	乗
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1	ばん Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
一天萬乘 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 一天 (itten, “the whole world”) +‎ 万乗 (banjō, “sovereign”, literally “ten thousand chariots”). Starting in the Zhou dynasty, the emperor was allocated ten thousand chariots, hence 万乗 became a metonym for the emperor or his sovereignty.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いってん・ばんじょー [ìttéń bàńjóó] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])

(Tokyo) いってんばんじょー [ìttéń báńjóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [it̚te̞m bã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)天(てん)万(ばん)乗(じょう) • (itten banjō)

sovereignty, supremacy, the position of rulership
- c. 1868, “宮さん宮さん [Miyasan, Miyasan]”:
  
  一天萬乗(いってんばんじょう)の帝王(みかど)に
  手向(てむか)ひする奴(やつ)を
  ittenbanjō no mikado ni
  temukahi suru yatsu o
  To those who would rebel against
  the Supreme Emperor of realm
emperor

Synonyms

万乗(ばんじょう) (banjō)

References

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

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

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