我が家

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我	家
わ Grade: 6	や Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominal phrase, composed of 我(わ) (wa, “I, me”) + が (ga, genitive or possessive particle in Old Japanese) + 家(や) (ya, “house, home”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わがや [wáꜜ gà yà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ ɡa̠ ja̠]

Noun

我(わ)が家(や) • (wa ga ya)

my house; one's own house
my family; one's own family

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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