言の葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
言	葉
こと Grade: 2	は Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 言 (koto, “word”) and 葉 (ha, “leaf”), joined by the genitive particle の (no).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞no̞ha̠]

Noun

言の葉 (hiragana ことのは, rōmaji kotonoha)

words
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (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.
poetry

See also

言葉 (ことば) (kotoba)

References

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

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