万まん葉よう

noun

Man'yōshū (8th century poetry anthology)

Abbreviation of 万葉集 (Man'yōshū), the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry. Used in literary or historical contexts.

See also: 万葉集

• 万まん葉ようの歌うたを研けん究きゅうしている。

  I am studying poems from the Man'yōshū.

• 万まん葉ようの時じ代だいの言こと葉ばは難むずかしい。

  The language of the Man'yōshū era is difficult.

noun

myriad leaves; eternity

Archaic literal meaning: 'ten thousand leaves' or 'myriad leaves', and by extension 'thousands of years' or 'eternity'. Not used in modern Japanese outside of classical references.

• 古こ語ごでは「万まん葉よう」を「数かず多おおくの葉は」の意い味みで使つかった。

  In classical language, 万葉 was used to mean 'countless leaves'.

• 「万まん葉よう」には「永えい遠えん」という古ふるい意い味みもある。

  万葉 also has the old meaning of 'eternity'.