女帝

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
てい
Grade: S
kan’on
Kanji in this term
にょ
Grade: 1
たい
Grade: S
goon
 女帝 on Japanese Wikipedia

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Noun

(じょ)(てい) or (にょ)(たい) (jotei or nyotaiぢよてい (dyotei)?

  1. an empress regnant, especially a non-East Asian one
  2. (tarot) The Empress

Usage notes

According to Jinnō Shōtōki (神皇正統記) by Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房), 1339, 女帝 is pronounced as によたい (nyotai).

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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