日の本

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本
ひ Grade: 1	もと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally “the sun's origin”, i.e. sunrise.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひのもと [hìnómótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) ひのもと [hìnóꜜmòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [çino̞mo̞to̞]

Proper noun

日(ひ)の本(もと) • (Hinomoto)

Short for 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni): the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan

References

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

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