室町

Japanese

Kanji in this term
むろ
Grade: 2
まち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (muro, a cellar, a certain kind of storage room) + (machi, town, district).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まち [mùróꜜmàchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ma̠t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

(むろ)(まち) • (Muromachi) 

  1. the Muromachi district or area along a major street running north and south through the downtown area of Kyōto
  2. the north-south Muromachi Street in Kyōto
  3. the Muromachi Period in Japan, running from approximately 1336 to 1573; so named for the government offices being located in the Muromachi area of Kyōto
  4. the Muromachi area in Nihonbashi, Tōkyō, so named for the area in Kyōto

Synonyms

  • (street in Kyōto): 室町通(むろまちどおり) (Muromachi-dōri)
  • (period in Japan): 室町時代(むろまちじだい) (Muromachi-jidai)
  • (area in Tōkyō): 日本橋室町(にほんばしむろまち) (Nihonbashi Muromachi)

Derived terms

  • 室町通(むろまちどおり) (Muromachi-dōri): Muromachi Street
  • 室町時代(むろまちじだい) (Muromachi-jidai): the Muromachi Period
  • 日本橋室町(にほんばしむろまち) (Nihonbashi Muromachi): the Muromachi area in Nihonbashi, Tōkyō
  • 室町殿(むろまちどの) (Muromachi-dono): the palace of the Ashikaga clan, more often called (はな)御所(ごしょ) (Hana no Gosho, Flower Palace) with the main gate facing Muromachi Street
  • 室町幕府(むろまちばくふ) (Muromachi Bakufu): the Muromachi shogunate, also called the Ashikaga shogunate

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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