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木花開耶姫

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はな
Grade: 1
さく
Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō
ひめ
Grade: S
kun'yomi nanori on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
木花咲耶姫
木花之佐久夜毘売
 木花開耶姫 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Konohanasakuya-hime on Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Kojiki of 712 and the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1][2][3]

Compound of (ko, tree, ancient combining form) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (hana, flower) +‎ 咲く (saku, to bloom) +‎ (ya, unclear, possibly the ya used to form classical -na adjectives referring to the perception of a state) +‎ (hime, princess).

Also encountered with a shifted reading, wherein the hime changes to bime as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ko̞no̞ha̠na̠no̞sa̠kɯ̟ja̠çime̞]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞no̞ha̠na̠no̞sa̠kɯ̟ja̠bʲime̞]

Proper noun

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木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやひめ) or 木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやびめ) (Konohananosakuya-Hime or Konohananosakuya-Bime

  1. (Shinto, Japanese mythology) the goddess of Mount Fuji, the blossom-princess and symbol of delicate earthly life

References

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  1. ^ 木花開耶姫・木花之佐久夜毘売”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 木花開耶姫”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. ^ 木花開耶姫”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN