Where does “武藏野” come from?

武藏野 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 武蔵野, from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

武藏野 (Chinese): Musashino, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan

Definitions

  1. Musashino, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan

Ancestry of “武藏野”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese武蔵野the Musashino region, the Musashino Plateau: part of the Kantō Plain
2Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
3Middle Chinese野—
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