大和撫子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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(やまと) (Yamato) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまとなで​しこ [yàmátó nádéꜜshìkò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ na̠de̞ɕiko̞]

Noun

大和(やまと)撫(なでし)子(こ) • (yamato nadeshiko) 

1. Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”).
2. Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.