八咫烏

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Japanese[edit]

 八咫烏 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Yatagarasu on Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Hyōgaiji
からす
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Hyōgaiji
からす > がらす
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

()()(がらす) (Yatagarasu (alternative reading hiragana やたのからす, rōmaji Yata no Karasu)

  1. (Shinto) sacred three legged raven in Japanese mythology

References[edit]

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