狭間

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
狭	間
はざ Grade: S	ま Grade: 2
irregular	kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
狹間 (kyūjitai) 迫間間

Originally hasama, from Old Japanese.^[1] First attested in the Nihon Shoki (720) with the spelling 婆娑摩. May be cognate with 挟(はさ)まる (hasamaru, “to be pinched”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はざま [hàzámá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠za̠ma̠]

Noun

狭(はざ)間(ま) • (hazama)

[from the early 900s] (spatial) a narrow space/gap between two objects
[from 720] a valley (place between two mountains)
[from 1120] (temporal) an interval between two occurrences
[from 1867] an arrowslit; a loophole
[from 1830] (obsolete) a openwork round ornament historically attached on the lid of a bush warbler's cage
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Derived terms

桶狭間 (おけはざま, Okehazama): a place in the south of Midori-ku, Nagoya
田楽狭間 (でんがくはざま, Dengaku-hazama): a place in the south of Midori-ku, Nagoya; west of Toyoake

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
狭	間
さ Grade: S	ま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
狹間 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さま [sàmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [sa̠ma̠]

Noun

狭(さ)間(ま) • (sama)

References

“〈狭間〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

[NKD2P-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

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