因幡の白兎

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
いん > いな
Grade: 5
(ateji)
ばん > ば
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
しろ
Grade: 1
うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
因幡の素兎
 因幡の白兎 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Old Japanese 稻羽之素菟 (Inaba no2 Sirousagi). 因幡 (Inaba) +‎ (no, genitive marker) +‎ 白兎 (shirousagi, white/bare rabbit/hare).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ina̠ba̠ no̞ ɕiɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡʲi]

Proper noun[edit]

(いな)()(しろ)(うさぎ) (Inaba no Shirousagi

  1. the Hare of Inaba (a hare who got stripped bare of its fur by (wani, crocodiles), but saved by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi))