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禁野 (きんや) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

禁きん野や

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Meanings

1

noun

emperor's private hunting preserve

archaic

Archaic term referring to a hunting ground reserved for the emperor. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

禁きん野やは、かつて天皇てんのうの狩しゅ猟りょうのために設もうけられた区く域いきだった。
The 禁野 was an area once established for the emperor's hunting.

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
野plains, field, rustic

Etymology

Compound of 禁 (kin, 'forbidden') and 野 (ya, 'field'), literally 'forbidden field'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with imperial hunting preserves.