江戸

See also: 江戶 and 江户

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
と > ど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
江戶 (kyūjitai)

/jedo//edo/

Compound of (e, cove, inlet) +‎ (to, entrance, gate, door), likely in reference to the local geography.[1] The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

First mentioned in the 吾妻鏡 (Azuma Kagami, Eastern Mirror, an historical chronicle), started in 1180 and completed after 1266, in a section dated to 1180.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [èdó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [e̞do̞]

Proper noun

()() • (Edo

  1. [from 1180] (historical) Edo, the former name of Tokyo before 1868
    Synonym: (colloquial) (murasaki)
  2. a surname
Descendants
  • Ainu: エンド
  • English: Edo, Jeddo, Yeddo, Yedo, Jendo, Yendo
  • Russian: Э́до m (Édo)
  • Ukrainian: Е́до (Édo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
と > ど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
江戶 (kyūjitai)

From association with エロ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [e̞do̞]

Adjective

()() • (edo-na (adnominal ()() (edo na), adverbial ()() (edo ni))

  1. (Internet slang) erotic, sexy, lewd
    • 2024 July 16, X[2]:
      江戸すぎないか??
      Isn't this too lewd?
    • 2024 July 21, X[3]:
      今描いてるskeb絵、ガチで江戸すぎてTwitterに投稿できなそう。どうしようかな。
      The skeb picture I'm currently drawing is seriously too erotic to post on Twitter. I wonder what I should do.
Inflection

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 江戸”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984