Japanese

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東琴 (azumagoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed azumagoto.
Kanji in this term
あずま
Grade: 2
こと > ごと
Grade: S
kun'yomi
 
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Etymology

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Compound of (azuma, archaic word for the east; by extension, Japan) +‎ (koto, a koto, a zither).[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あずま)(ごと) (azumagotoあづまごと (adumagoto)?

  1. (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN