唐土もろこし

noun

China (historical)

Archaic Japanese name for China, used in pre-modern contexts. Not used in contemporary Japanese to refer to modern China.

• 遣けん唐とう使しは唐土もろこしへ渡わたった。

  The Japanese envoys traveled to Tang China.

noun, used as a prefix

Chinese (prefix)

Only with reading もろこし

Prefix use, mainly in historical or traditional compound words referring to things from China. Restricted to the reading もろこし.

• もろこし船ぶねは、かつて中ちゅう国ごくから渡と来らいした船ふねを指さした。

  Morokoshi-bune referred to ships that came from China in the past.