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嶺上 (れいじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嶺れい上じょう

Meanings

1

noun

mountain top; summit

archaic

Archaic term for the top of a mountain; replaced in modern Japanese by 山頂 (さんちょう) or 頂上 (ちょうじょう).

古ふるい和わ歌かでは「嶺れい上じょうの雪ゆき」のように詠よまれることがある。
In old waka poems, it is sometimes used as in 'snow on the mountain top'.

Kanji

嶺peak, summit
上above, up

Similar words

山さん頂ちょう
Modern standard word for 'mountain top' or 'summit'.
頂ちょう上じょう
Common word for 'summit' or 'peak', used for mountains and metaphorically.

Etymology

Compound of 嶺 (rei, 'peak') and 上 (jō, 'above'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'mountain top'.