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岩屋

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
岩 屋
いわ
Grade: 2 		や
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
石屋
窟

Etymology

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From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Epaya. Cognate with Yaeyama 岩屋 (īzā), Yonaguni 岩屋 (daya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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岩(いわ)屋(や) • (iwaya) ←いはや (ifaya)?

  1. a cave
  2. a cavern

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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