大和撫子
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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大 | 和 | 撫 | 子 |
やまと | な(でし) Jinmeiyō | こ Grade: 1 | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 3 | ||
jukujikun | kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 大和 (Yamato) + 撫子 (nadeshiko).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) やまとなでしこ [yàmátó nádéꜜshìkò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ na̠de̞ɕiko̞]
Noun
大和撫子 • (yamato nadeshiko)
- Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”).
- Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN