Nakahara - Chugen

Japanese: 中原 - ちゅうげん

[1] 〘 noun 〙① The middle of a wide plain. ※Honcho Zoku Monsui (c. 1142-55) 1. Poems composed by the Xifu (Ōe Masafusa) “ _A jade altar _is drawn from the central plain, and _a _moss is used for the upper garden.” 〔Book of Songs - Xiaoya, Xiaowan〕② The central area of the world. A term used in contrast to outlying or barbarian countries. China. The world. 〔Tangshi Xuan Guozi Jiji (1791)〕〔Spring and Autumn Annals - The 23rd year of Duke Xigong〕③ By extension, a stage for competing for power. Also, a place of competition. ※Dangihon Furyu Zhidaoxuan (1763) describes it as “ _Two circles around the central plain. There are _two _such _people .”[ 2 ] The plains in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China. It includes Henan, western Shandong, Hebei, southern Shanxi, and eastern Shaanxi. It is the birthplace of Han culture and was the political center until the Zhou dynasty.

Nakahara

One of the administrative districts of Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Located in the lowlands on the right bank of the Tama River. In the Edo period, Kosugi-shuku on the Nakahara Kaido road was located here. Electrical equipment and other industries are thriving here. Established in 1972 .

Nakahara

One of the surnames.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 広い野原の中央。※本朝続文粋（1142‐55頃）一・西府作詩〈大江匡房〉「中原抽_二玉藻_一、上苑用_二瓊敷_一」〔詩経‐小雅・小宛〕② 天下の中央の地。辺境や蛮国に対していう語。中国。天下。〔唐詩選国字解（1791）〕〔春秋左伝‐僖公二三年〕③ 転じて、政権を争う舞台。また、競争の場。※談義本・風流志道軒伝（1763）叙「周_二旋於中原_一者。其在_二斯人_一歟」[2] 中国の黄河中流域の平原地帯。河南省・山東省西部・河北省と山西省の南部・陝西(せんせい)省東部を含む。漢文化発祥の地で、周代まで政治の中心地であった。チョンユマン。ひいて、中華、中国。