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Yukishiro etymology
Jul. 1st, 2006 11:25 am(This is going to be a very rambly sort of entry as I try to hash things out. Alas.)
In RK's Jinchuu arc, the Yukishiro family plays an important part; considering their various associations and characteristics wrt winter, the end of the Tokugawa era, and white hair, their family name might be expected to have the kanji 雪 (snow) + 白 (white). However, it's actually written 雪代, where most of the time I've usually seen the second kanji glossed as "age/generation/era". But now that I actually poke at Jim Breen's kanji lookup for that character, I'm not sure that's really the right meaning either, at least for the "shiro" pronunciation.( Read more... )
In RK's Jinchuu arc, the Yukishiro family plays an important part; considering their various associations and characteristics wrt winter, the end of the Tokugawa era, and white hair, their family name might be expected to have the kanji 雪 (snow) + 白 (white). However, it's actually written 雪代, where most of the time I've usually seen the second kanji glossed as "age/generation/era". But now that I actually poke at Jim Breen's kanji lookup for that character, I'm not sure that's really the right meaning either, at least for the "shiro" pronunciation.( Read more... )