八百万
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 八 | 百 | 万 |
| や Grade: 1 |
お Grade: 1 |
よろず Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 八百萬 (kyūjitai) |
八百 (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万 (yorozu, “ten thousand”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyóꜜròzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyórózú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ja̠o̞jo̞ɾo̞zɨ]
Noun
[edit]八百万 • (yaoyorozu) ←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)?
- (Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami
- a myriad; a multitude; a countless large number or amount
Derived terms
[edit]References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 八 read as や
- Japanese terms spelled with 百 read as お
- Japanese terms spelled with 万 read as よろず
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms historically spelled with づ
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
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