Japanese

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Alternative spelling
花言葉
 
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Etymology

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Compound of (hana, flower) and 言葉 (kotoba, word).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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はなことば (hanakotobaはなことば (fanakotoba)?

  1. floriography; the language of flowers

References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN