はなことば

はなことば

Japanese

Alternative spelling
花言葉

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) and 言葉 (kotoba, “word”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はなこ​とば [hànákóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

はなことば • (hanakotoba) ^{←はなことば (fanakotoba)?}

1. floriography; the language of flowers

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