大和撫子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
大 和 撫 子
やまと な(でし)
Jinmeiyō 		こ
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Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun kun'yomi
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Etymology

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From 大和(やまと) (Yamato) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) やまとなでしこ [yàmátó nádéꜜshìkò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ na̠de̞ɕiko̞]

Noun

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大和(やまと)撫(なでし)子(こ) • (yamato nadeshiko) 

  1. Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”).
  2. Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.

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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