草薙剣

Japanese

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草薙剣

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Kusanagi no Tsurugi

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
草	薙	剣
くさ Grade: 1	なぎ Jinmeiyō	つるぎ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
草薙劍 (kyūjitai) 草薙の剣

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 草 (kusa, “grass”) +‎ 薙 (nagi, “cutting; mowing”, the continuative or stem form of the verb 薙ぐ (nagu, “to cut; to mow”)) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 剣 (tsurugi, “double-edged sword”).^[1]

The name derives from a legend wherein the sword was used to cut grass, thereby saving the wielder from a deliberately-set fire. See the Wikipedia article for details.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くさなぎのつるぎ [kùsánágí nó tsúrúgíꜜ] (Odaka – [8])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊sa̠na̠ɡʲi no̞ t͡sɨɾɯ̟ɡʲi]

Proper noun

草薙剣(くさなぎのつるぎ) • (Kusanagi no Tsurugi)

the "Grasscutting Longsword", one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan

Synonyms

天(あまの)叢(むら)雲(くもの)剣(つるぎ) (Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi)
草(くさ)那(な)芸(ぎ)之(の)大(た)刀(ち) (Kusanagi no Tachi)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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