言の葉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
言 葉
こと
Grade: 2 		は
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 言 (koto, “word”) and 葉 (ha, “leaf”), joined by the genitive particle の (no).

Pronunciation

Noun

言(こと)の葉(は) • (kotonoha) 

  1. words
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 153:
      Cotonofa. コトノハ (言の葉) 言葉. Cotono fani noxerarenu. (言の葉に載せられぬ) 言葉では説明することができない.
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  2. poetry

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