大日本

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 日 本
おお
Grade: 1		 やまと
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
kun’yomi irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 大日本 – see the following entry.
【大和おおやまと】
[proper noun] (historical) one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
[proper noun] (poetic) the country of Japan
Alternative spellings
大倭, 大日本
(This term, 大日本, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Okinawan

Proper noun

大日本 (hiragana うふやまとぅ, romaji Ufuyamatu)

  1. Alternative form of 大大和 (“Japan, Mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawan”).
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