八岐大蛇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八 岐 大 蛇
や
Grade: 1		 また
Grade: S		 おお > お
Grade: 1		 ろち
Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

大蛇 (orochi) is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) やまたのお​ろち [yàmátá nó óꜜròchì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ta̠ no̞ o̞ɾo̞t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

八岐大蛇 (hiragana やまたのおろち, katakana ヤマタノオロチ, rōmaji Yamata no Orochi, historical hiragana やまたのをろち, historical katakana ヤマタノヲロチ)

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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