岩屋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いわ
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
石屋

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *Epaya. Cognate with Yaeyama 岩屋 (īzā), Yonaguni 岩屋 (daya).

Pronunciation

Noun

(いわ)() (iwayaいはや (ifaya)?

  1. a cave
  2. a cavern

References

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