百人一首

Compound of百人 (ひゃくにん) (hyakunin, “hundred persons”) + 一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (isshu, “poem”, literally "one + counter for poems").

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ひゃくにんい​っしゅ [hyàkúníń íꜜsshù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ça̠kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ĩɰ̃ iɕːɯ̟ᵝ]

百人一首 (hiragana ひゃくにんいっしゅ, rōmaji hyakunin isshu)

1. an anthology of one hundred poems by one hundred poets, one poet for each poem

   Synonyms: 百首 (hyakushu), 百人首 (hyakuninshu)

• 愛 (あい)国 (こく)百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Patriotic Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled during World War II
• 小 (お)倉 (ぐら)百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the "Ogura Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 13th century
• 狂 (きょう)歌 (か)百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu): the "Comic Hundred Poems" anthology, published in 1843
• 続 (しょく)百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Shoku Hyakunin Isshu): the "Hundred Poems Continued", compiled in 1893
• 新 (しん)百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ) (Shin Hyakunin Isshu): the "New Hundred Poems" anthology, compiled in 1483

百人一首 (hiragana ひゃくにんいっしゅ, rōmaji Hyakunin Isshu)

1. Short for 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): the famous of the "one hundred poems anthology", used in the basis of certain card games.

• 百 (ひゃく)人 (にん)一 (いっ)首 (しゅ)一 (ひと)夕 (よ)話 (がたり) (Hyakunin Isshu Hitoyogatari): an interpretation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poems by Ozaki Masayoshi

In haikai circles, the pronunciation is sometimes contracted to ひゃくにんしゅ (hyakuninshu), as in 百人首 (hyakuninshu, literally “collection of hundred poets”).