熊襲

Japanese
Kanji in this term
熊 襲
Grade: S Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms
  • 熊曾

Etymology

A compound of the names of two geographical regions: 球磨 (Kuma) +‎ 贈於 (So).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Proper noun

熊襲 (hiragana くまそ, rōmaji Kumaso)

  1. A geographical region in the southern area of Kyūshū.
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 299)
      十二月、到於熊襲國。[...]
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 299)
      冬十月丁酉朔己酉、遣日本武尊、令撃熊襲。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 299)
      時熊襲有魁帥者。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 301)
      日本武尊、奏平熊襲之状曰、臣頼天皇之神靈、以兵一擧、頓誅熊襲之魁帥者、悉平其國。[...] 於是、日本武尊、雄誥之曰、熊襲既平、未經幾年、今更東夷叛之。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 303)
      嘗西征之年、頼皇靈之威、提三尺劒、撃熊襲國。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 323)
      當是時、熊襲叛之不朝貢。天皇、於是、將討熊襲國。
  2. An ancient ethnic group living in the Kumaso region; possible equivalent to the Hayato people.
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 287)
      十二年秋七月、熊襲反之不朝貢。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 291)
      十二月癸巳朔丁酉、議討熊襲。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 291)
      時有一臣。進曰、熊襲梟帥有二女。兄曰市乾鹿文。
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 293)
      時市乾鹿文、奏于天皇曰、無愁熊襲之不服。妾有良謀。[...] 爰從兵一人、進殺熊襲梟帥
    • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 299)
      秋八月、熊襲亦反之、侵邊境不止。

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1965) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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