大和言葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 和 言 葉
Grade: 1 Grade: 3 こと
Grade: 2		 は > ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 大和詞

Etymology

Originally a compound of 倭 (Yamato, “ancient Japan”, more commonly spelled as 大和 in modern Japanese) +‎ 言葉 (kotoba, “word, language”).[1][2]

The yamato reading for 大和 is irregular.

Pronunciation

Noun

大和言葉 (hiragana やまとことば, rōmaji yamato kotoba)

  1. a Japanese word of ancient Japanese origin (as opposed to a word borrowed from Chinese, or composed in Japan from Chinese-derived roots)

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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