日の本の

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Phrase

日(ひ)の本(もと)の • (hi no moto no)

the rising sun, allusion to 大和 (Yamato, a placename)
- c. 1061, Sagami-shū (poem 421)
  日(ひ)のもとのやまとなるまでつもるともことのは見(み)ればたれがいとはむ
  hi no moto no Yamato naru made tsumoru to mo koto no ha mireba tare ga itowan
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See also

日(ひ)の本(もと) (Hinomoto, literally “origin of the sun”)
日本(にほん) (Nihon), 日本(にっぽん) (Nippon, “Japan”)

Old Japanese

Etymology

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Phrase

日の本の (pi₁ no₂ moto₂ no₂) (kana ひのもとの)

the rising sun, allusion to 大和 (Yamato₂, “ancient Japan”)
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 319:
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  ...日本之山跡國乃鎭十方座祇可間...
  ...pi₁ no₂ moto₂ no₂ Yamato₂-no₂-kuni no₂ sidume₂ to₂ mo imasu kami₂ ka mo...
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Descendants

Japanese: 日の本の (hi no moto no)

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