jasonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdʒeɪsən/
• 韻: -eɪsən
• Homophone: JSON

語源 1

From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.

固有名詞

Jason (plural Jasons)

1. (Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     , Scene II:

     I know he will be glad of our success: / We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.

2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 17:6-7:

     And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

   • 1984, Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Methuen, published 1985, →ISBN, page 49:

     The new prince left the hospital today. My father is hoping that he will be called George, after him. My mother said that it's time the Royal Family came up to date and called the Prince Brett or Jason.

   • 2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNN‎:

     When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.

使用する際の注意点

• The given name was very popular in the English-speaking world in the 1970s and the 1980s.

派生語

• Jason mask

関連する語

• (given name): Jayson
• (diminutives): Jace, Jase, Jay

語源 2

Probably reduced from James + -son or a variant of Jesson.

固有名詞

Jason

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.

アナグラム

• Sonja, sanjo, Jonsa, Joans, joans, Jonas