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言の葉

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こと
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (koto, word) and (ha, leaf), joined by the genitive particle (no).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こと)() (kotonoha

  1. words
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 153:
      Cotonofa. コトノハ (言の葉) 言葉. Cotono fani noxerarenu. (言の葉に載せられぬ) 言葉では説明することができない.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. poetry

See also

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