Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɯᵝ no̞ ɯᵝma̠]

Alternative forms

• 竜馬

Noun

竜の馬 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍馬, hiragana たつのうま, romaji tatsu no uma)

1. (idiomatic) an excellent horse, a very fast horse
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 808), text here

     多都乃麻乎 阿礼波毛等米牟

     たつのまを あれはもとめむ

     Tatsu no ma o / are wa motomemu

     “I would want a dragon horse...”

     (Note that the ancient form of uma was sometimes rendered as ma or muma. See the etymology at 馬 for more details.)

Synonyms

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112