Capital letter - Daimonji

Japanese: 大文字 - だいもんじ

[1] 〘Noun〙① Large characters. Also, especially large fonts for temple names and plaques. ※Gyokuyo-Kao 3rd year (1171) September 7th “Today, the day before yesterday, the Imperial Court _{summoned me} to submit the model, which I have presented _to the _Imperial _Court , and _I have confirmed _that it is possible to _present _{it to} the Imperial Court. (Four volumes of models, one volume of large characters, totaling five volumes.)” ※Kokin Chomonshu (1254) Vol. 7 “The phrase ‘Shigai no Mine Arashi-ga’ was written in large characters on four sheets of paper.” ② The Chinese character for ‘big.’ ※Shokyo edition Shasekishu (1283) Vol. 7 “There was a monk who did not know the large characters and asked what the characters with the cursive look were.” ③ Magnificent writing. Excellent writing. ④ An abbreviation of “Daimonji no Hi (Fire of the Large Characters).” Season: Autumn. *Haiku poem: Masuyama no I (1663) July: "Sending fire, 16th day (abbreviated): Shishigadani has a large-sized pine tree, and Saki has a Myoho, etc." [2][1] Abbreviation of "Daimonjiyama (Daimonjiyama)". [2] Abbreviation of "Daimonjiya (Daimonjiya) (1) (1)". *Sharebon: Tosei Enkashiko (1776) "From the time when the pumpkins of the old days had some flowers blooming."

O- Moji Oho... [Capital letters]

〘Noun〙① Larger than normal characters. O-monji. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)]② A kite with large characters. Ji-dako . ※From the Sharebon Naniwa Kagai Konkon Hakka (1784), "Nowadays even the children who go to fly O -fu-moji on the 25th of the month"③ One of the fonts of Western letters. Similar to the A and B of the alphabet. Used at the beginning of a sentence or the first letter of a proper noun. Kashira moji. ⇔ Lowercase

Dai-moji [capital letters]

〘Noun〙① = Daimonji (large character) ※Haiku・Kokin Haikai Meidaishu (1763) miscellaneous "Daimonji no hi mo akatsuki wa kusa no ato (ryoshu) " ② Umbrellas lent to customers during sudden rain showers at Echigoya in Surugacho, Edo during the Edo period. The name comes from the fact that the three characters "Echigoya" were written in large letters. ※Miscellaneous Haiku・Senryu Hyō Manku-Agatsu (1760) Umezo "Daimonji wa kobon kai ga koto ...

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 大きな文字。また特に、寺号や額などの大きな字体。※玉葉‐嘉応三年（1171）九月七日「今日、一昨日院所_レ召之手本、以_二基輔_一進_レ院、付_二定能_一可_レ進之由所_レ仰也〈手本四巻、大文字一巻、合五巻也〉」※古今著聞集（1254）七「『紫蓋之峰嵐踈』と云句を大文字にて四枚に書きみてさせ給て」② 大という漢字。※貞享版沙石集（1283）七「大文字をしらで、またふりのやうなる文字は、何ぞと問へる僧ありけり」③ 雄大な文章。すぐれた文章。④ 「だいもんじ（大文字）の火」の略。《季・秋》※俳諧・増山の井（1663）七月「送火十六日〈略〉ししが谷は大文字松か崎は妙法などあり」[2][一] 「だいもんじやま（大文字山）」の略。[二] 「だいもんじや（大文字屋）(一)(一)」の略。※洒落本・当世爰かしこ（1776）「いにしへ大文(モン)字のかぼちゃにいささか花の咲懸りたる頃より」

おお‐もじおほ‥【大文字】

〘名〙① 普通よりも大きな文字。おおもんじ。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕② 大きく字を書いた凧(たこ)。字凧(じだこ)。※洒落本・浪花花街今今八卦（1784）「今は廿五日に大文字(ヲフモジ)あげにゆく児童(こども)までが」③ 欧文の字体の一つ。アルファベットのＡ・Ｂの類。文の始め、または固有名詞の最初の文字などに用いる。かしらもじ。⇔小文字

だい‐もじ【大文字】

〘名〙① ＝だいもんじ（大文字）※俳諧・古今俳諧明題集（1763）雑「大文字(ダイモジ)の火もあかつきは草のあと〈凉帒〉」② 江戸時代、江戸駿河町の越後屋で、にわか雨のとき客に貸した傘。「越後屋」の三字が大きく書いてあったところからいう。※雑俳・川柳評万句合‐宝暦一〇（1760）梅三「大文字は古骨かいも見知りごし」

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