言の葉
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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言 | 葉 |
こと Grade: 2 |
は Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 言 (koto, “word”) and 葉 (ha, “leaf”), joined by the genitive particle の (no).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- words
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 153:
- Cotonofa. コトノハ (言の葉) 言葉. Cotono fani noxerarenu. (言の葉に載せられぬ) 言葉では説明することができない.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- poetry
See also edit
References edit
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.