大和琴

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大和琴 (yamatogoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed yamatogoto.
Kanji in this term
大 和 琴
やまと こと > ごと
Grade: S
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
倭琴

Etymology

Compound of 大和 (Yamato, ancient name for Japan) +‎ 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

大和(やまと)琴(ごと) • (yamatogoto) 

  1. (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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