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千成瓢箪 (せんなりびょうたん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

千せん成なり瓢びょう箪たん

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Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the plant or its fruit; in historical contexts, especially associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's emblem.

千せん成なり瓢箪びょうたんは、ひょうたんの一いっ種しゅです。
Sennari-byōtan is a type of bottle gourd.

2

noun

ensign with a cluster of gourds (Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

Specifically refers to the battle standard or emblem used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, featuring a cluster of gourds.

豊とよ臣とみ秀ひで吉よしの馬うま印じるしは千せん成なり瓢箪びょうたんだった。
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's battle standard was the sennari-byōtan.

Written forms

千せん成なり瓢びょう箪たん
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
千せん生なり瓢びょう箪たん
Variant kanji spelling using 生 instead of 成; less common but attested.

Kanji

千thousand
成turn into, become, get
瓢gourd
箪bamboo rice basket
生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

瓢ひょう箪たん
瓢箪 is the general term for gourd or calabash; 千成瓢箪 specifically denotes the 'thousand-bearing' gourd, often tied to Hideyoshi's emblem.

Etymology

千成 (sennari, 'thousand-bearing') + 瓢箪 (byōtan, 'gourd'). The name refers to a gourd plant that bears many fruit, and became famous as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's emblem.