花言葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	言	葉
はな Grade: 1	こと Grade: 2	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) and 言葉 (kotoba, “word”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はなことば [hànákóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

花言葉 (hiragana はなことば, rōmaji hanakotoba)

floriography; the language of flowers

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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