常磐

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
常 磐
とこ > とき
Grade: 5		 いわ > わ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
常盤
常葉 (“evergreen” sense)

⟨to2ko2 ipa⟩ → ⟨to2ki1pa⟩ → */təkʲipa/ → /tokifa/ → /tokiwa/

From Old Japanese.

Shift from a compound of 常 (toko, “unchanging”) +‎ 岩 (iwa, “rock”).[1][2]

The evergreen sense is ateji for 常葉 (tokiwa, tokoha, literally “eternal + leaves”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ときわ [tòkíwá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞kʲiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

常(とき)磐(わ) • (tokiwa) ←ときは (tokifa)?

  1. (literal) a rock that does not change over time
  2. (figurative) eternity
  3. 常葉: an evergreen tree
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常磐(トキワ)木通(アケビ) (tokiwa akebi)
  • 常磐(ときわ)色(いろ) (tokiwa-iro)
  • 常磐(トキワ)楓(カエデ) (tokiwa kaede)
  • 常磐(トキワ)柿(ガキ) (tokiwa-gaki)
  • 常磐(ときわ)堅磐(かきわ)に (tokiwa kakiwa ni)
  • 常磐(ときわ)木(ぎ) (tokiwagi)
  • 常磐(トキワ)御(ギョ)柳(リュウ) (tokiwa gyoryū)
  • 常磐(トキワ)草(グサ) (tokiwa-gusa)
  • 常磐(トキワ)山(サン)樝子(ザシ) (tokiwa sanzashi)
  • 常磐(トキワ)黄櫨(ハゼ) (tokiwa haze)
  • 常磐(トキワ)満作(マンサク) (tokiwa mansaku)

Adjective

常(とき)磐(わ) • (tokiwa) ←ときは (tokifa)?†-nari

  1. (archaic) eternal, unchanging
  2. (archaic) evergreen

Proper noun

常(とき)磐(わ) • (Tokiwa) ←ときは (tokifa)?

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常磐(ときわ)公園(こうえん) (Tokiwa Kōen)
  • 常磐(ときわ)神社(じんじゃ) (Tokiwa Jinja)
  • 常磐(ときわ)津(ず) (Tokiwazu)
  • 常磐(ときわ)津(ず)節(ぶし) (Tokiwazu-bushi)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
常 磐
じょう
Grade: 5		 ばん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

/d͡ʑauban/ → /d͡ʑɔːban/ → /d͡ʑoːban/

From the first kanji of the names of the provinces: the 常 (jō) of 常陸 (Hitachi), and the 磐 (ban) of 磐城 (Iwaki).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːbã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

常(じょう)磐(ばん) • (Jōban) ←じやうばん (zyauban)?

  1. (historical) the provinces of Hitachi and Iwaki
  2. Jōban (a former city in southeastern Fukushima Prefecture, today merged with the city of Iwaki).
  3. a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 常磐(じょうばん)線(せん) (Jōban-sen)
  • 常磐(じょうばん)炭田(たんでん) (Jōban Tanden)
  • 常磐(じょうばん)道(どう) (Jōban-dō)
  • 常磐(じょうばん)物(もの) (Jōban-mono)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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