鞍上

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鞍	上
あん Jinmeiyō	じょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あんじょー [àńjóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

鞍(あん)上(じょう) • (anjō) ^{←あんじやう (anzyau)^?}

on a horse’s saddle; (by extension) on a horse
Synonym: 馬上 (bajō)

Antonym: 鞍下 (anka)
- 1923, 水上滝太郎, 大人の眼と子供の眼‎, 青空文庫:
  
  それっきり自分(じぶん)は口(くち)をつぐんでしまったが、たった一瞬間(いっしゅんかん)にして通(とお)り過(す)ぎただけの白馬(はくば)鞍上(あんじょう)の紳士(しんし)の姿(すがた)は、一生涯忘(いっしょうわす)れられないほど爽(さわや)かに眼(め)に残(のこ)った。
  Sorekkiri jibun wa kuchi o tsugunde shimatta ga, tatta isshunkan ni shite tōrisugita dake no hakuba anjō no shinshi no sugata wa, isshō wasurerarenai hodo sawayaka ni me ni nokotta.
  I ended up holding my tongue from then on, but the image of the gentleman on the saddle of the white horse, whom I merely passed by in an instant, lingered in my mind so pleasantly that I will never forget it.
- 1941, 吉川英治, 梅里先生行状記‎, 青空文庫:
  
  あざやかに鞍上(あんじょう)にまたがり、すぐ馬首(ばしゅ)を立(た)てて春風(しゅんぷう)に道(みち)を求(もと)めている。
  Azayaka ni anjō ni matagari, sugu bashu o tatete shunpū ni michi o motomete iru.
  He gracefully sat astride on the saddle, immediately raised the horse’s neck, and made his way through the spring breeze.

Derived terms

鞍上(あんじょう)人(ひと)無(な)く鞍下(あんか)馬(うま)無(な)し (anjō hito naku anka uma nashi)

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