Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
もと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Literally “the sun's origin”, i.e. sunrise.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

()(もと) (Hinomoto

  1. Short for 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni): the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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