大和詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	和	詞
やまと		ことば Grade: 6
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 大和詞 – see the following entry.

【大和言葉やまとことば】 [noun] a Japanese word of ancient Japanese origin (as opposed to a word borrowed from Chinese, or composed in Japan from Chinese-derived roots) [noun] Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka) [noun] refined diction, especially the language used in the Heian period, 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, literally “women's language”), or 女中詞 (jochū kotoba, “the language of court women after the Muromachi period”)

(This term, 大和詞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)