東琴
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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東 | 琴 |
あずま Grade: 2 |
こと > ごと Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 東 (azuma, archaic word for the east; by extension, Japan) + 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”).[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]東琴 • (azumagoto) ←あづまごと (adumagoto)?
Synonyms
[edit]- 大和琴 (yamatogoto), 倭琴 (yamatogoto)
- 和琴 (wagon), 倭琴 (wagon)
- 六弦琴 (rokugenkin), 六絃琴 (rokugenkin)
- 六つの緒 (mutsu no o)
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 東 read as あずま
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- Japanese terms with rendaku
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- Japanese terms historically spelled with づ
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