てにをは

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
天爾遠波天爾乎波弖爾遠波弖爾乎波天仁遠波

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Alternative forms edit

てには (teniha)

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “origin of term in a 'doctor's house' and four corners (rough translation from DJR)?”)

て (te), modern で (de, particle indiating location, time, or means of action)
に (ni, particle expressing direction, for example)
を (o, accusative case particle)
は (wa, topic marker particle)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) てにをは [tèníóhá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [te̞ɲ̟io̞ha̠]

は is pronounced as ha, not as wa.

Noun edit

てにをは • (tenioha) ^{←てにをは (teniwofa)^?}

(Japanese) particle, postposition (part of speech)

Derived terms edit

弖爾乎波(てにをは)が合(あ)わない (tenioha ga awanai)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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