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あくび
あくび
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Akubi is first attested in the Shinsen Jikyō of 898–901 CE, perhaps as the stem of the verb あくぶ (akubu).
Taken apart
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In a sentence
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What Wiktionary says
Quoted line by line from Wiktionary's Etymology section for this reading, taken from one dated dump so it can't change underneath us. Nothing below is paraphrased.
Not settled
Wiktionary itself hedges on part of this word's origin — those lines are marked below.
- Hedged“Possibly from Old Japanese; first attested in the 新撰字鏡 (Shinsen Jikyō, “Newly Compiled Mirror of Characters”) of 898–901 CE.”
- Hedged“Appears to be derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb あくぶ (akubu), although this verb form isn't attested until the 枕草子 (Makura Sōshi, “The Pillow Book”) of 1002.”
Source: Wiktionary: あくび (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 和語 Native Japanese
- Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.