なわ
Japanese
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From Old Japanese. Derived from verb 綯う (nau, “to plait or twist together into twine or line”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a rope, a flexible, heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber
Coordinate terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN