Station

Japanese: 駅 - えき

〘Noun〙① Under the ritsuryo system, a post station was established on an official road. Station staff provided horses and men, lodgings and food for officials. It declined after the Kamakura period, and was replaced by inns. Stables . Train attendants. [Ryo Gikai (718)]② A railway station. A place where trains stop and handle passengers and freight. ※Jinjo Shogaku Yomihon (1903), 7 "The train is coming. The sound of the station staff calling out the name of the station . The sound of the doors opening." [Etymology] Regarding ②, at the beginning of the Meiji period, "stations" and " teishaba/teishajo " were used to distinguish them from the old station in ①, but gradually "eki," which has fewer syllables, became more common.

Uma-ya [Station]

〘Noun〙 (from the meaning of "horse stables") Under the ritsuryo system, facilities were set up on various roads every 30 ri (today's 4 ri = about 16 km) to allow communication between the central government and local provinces. Station horses were kept there, station land was given as a source of revenue, and station masters and station workers were employed to manage them. Station. ※Shoki (720) Tenmu Year 1, June (Kitano Honin) "Arriving at Kohori County in Nabari, the station house in Nabari was burned." ※Makura (end of the 10th century) 242 "The station house is in Nashihara. The station house in Mochizuki."

Muma-ya [Station]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Umaya (station)

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 令制で、官道に設置された宿場。官人のために駅家(えきか)が人馬を継ぎ立て、宿舎、食料を供した。鎌倉以降衰え、代わって宿(しゅく)が発生した。うまや。うまつぎ。〔令義解（718）〕② 鉄道の停車場。列車を停止させ、旅客、貨物を取り扱う場所。※尋常小学読本（明治三六年）（1903）七「汽車が来る。駅(エキ)の名呼ぶ声。とびらのあく音」[語誌]②について、明治のはじめには、「ステーション（ステンショ）」「停車場(ていしゃば・ていしゃじょう)」が①の旧来の駅と区別して使われたが、しだいに音節数の少ない「駅」が一般的になる。

うま‐や【駅】

〘名〙 (「馬屋」の意から) 令制で、中央政府と地方諸国の連絡のために、諸道に三〇里（現在の四里=約一六キロメートル）ごとに置かれた設備。駅馬を置き、財源として駅田が与えられ、それらの管理のために、駅長や駅子がいた。えき。※書紀（720）天武元年六月（北野本訓）「隠(なばり)の郡(こほり)に到りて隠の駅家(ムマヤ)を焚く」※枕（１０Ｃ終）二四二「むまやは梨原。望月のむまや」