日の本
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 日 | 本 |
| ひ Grade: 1 |
もと Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
editLiterally “the sun's origin”, i.e. sunrise.
Pronunciation
edit- (Tokyo) ひのもと [hìnómótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) ひのもと [hìnóꜜmòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [çino̞mo̞to̞]
Proper noun
edit- Short for 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni): the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan
References
edit- ↑ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN