すゑ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of すゑ – see the following entries.

[noun] [from 720] the tip or top of a plant

[noun] a twig or shoot

[noun] a treetop

[noun] [from 712] the tip or end of something

[noun] [from 720] the top or peak of a mountain

[noun] [from 1205] the edge or verge of a road or field

[noun] [from early 1000s] a descendant

[noun] [from 720] the future, later, after

[noun] [from early 800s] the end of a period of time

[noun] [from early 1000s] (by extension) old age, the end period of a lifetime

[noun] [from 1435] (by extension) a degraded world, a world with low morals and corrupt politics

[noun] [from late 1500s] the end of a month, the latter third of a month

[noun] [from early 1000s] some time considerably later

[noun] [from early 1000s] the result, outcome, or trace, remains of something having been done

[noun] [from 1120] the direction in which someone has gone or will go

[noun] [from early 1000s] the youngest or last child

[noun] [from early 1000s] youth, childhood

[noun] [from early 1000s] the lowest seat, the seat at the foot of a table; the lowest rank

[noun] [from early 900s] the last two seven-mora stanzas or lines of a 短歌 (tanka) poem

[noun] [from early 1000s] the end of a sentence or word

[noun] [from mid-1000s] the latter portion of a book or serial

[noun] [from 1182] the origin, the starting point

[noun] [from 1435] (historical) the interior rooms of a palace or manor where maids worked; a maid who worked in such a household

[noun] [from 1682] a low class or grade; an item of low class or grade

[noun] [unknown] something minor, a trifle

[noun] [from 1179] downstream

[noun] [from late 800s] (kagura, music) in a 神楽 (kagura) performance, the seats on the right side facing the altar or shrine; the performers playing in these seats

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
甄

(This term, すゑ (swe), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as すゑ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as すゑ.)