竹取

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	取
たけ Grade: 1	と(り) Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ke̞to̞ɾʲi]

Noun

竹(たけ)取(とり) • (taketori) 

1. bamboo cutter
   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     今(いま)は昔(むかし)、竹取(たけとり)の翁(おきな)といふものありけり。

     Ima wa mukashi, Taketori no Okina to iu mono arikeri.

     Once upon a time, there was a man named Taketori no Okina [old man who harvests bamboo].