大和言葉

大和言葉

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
大和詞

Etymology

Originally a compound of 大和(やまと) (yamato, “Japan”) + 言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba, “word, language”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまとこ​とば [yàmátókóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

大和(やまと)言(こと)葉(ば) • (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)

   Synonym: 和語 (wago)

   Antonyms: 外来語 (gairaigo), 漢語 (kango), (archaic) 唐詞 (Kara kotoba)

2. Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)

   Synonyms: 大和歌 (Yamato-uta), 和歌 (waka)

3. refined diction, especially the language used in the Heian period, 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, literally “women's language”), or 女中詞 (jochū kotoba, “the language of court women after the Muromachi period”)

References

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

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Kunigami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamatuːɸutuːba/

Noun

大和言葉 (hiragana やまとﾟぅーふとﾟぅーば, romaji Yamatū-futūba)

1. the Japanese language