瑞穂の国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	穂	国
みず Jinmeiyō	ほ Grade: S	くに Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
瑞穗の國 (kyūjitai) 瑞穂国

Etymology

Literally "land/country of fresh ear grains". Used in the Kojiki (712) as 豊葦原之千秋長五百秋之水穂国 (Toyo-ashi-hara no chi-iho-aki no mizu-ho-no-kuni).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みずほのくに [mìzúhóꜜnòkùnì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) みずほのくに [mìzúhónókúní] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mʲizɨho̞no̞kɯ̟ɲ̟i]

(Kyōto) みずほのくに [mízúꜜhònòkùnì] (Kōki)^[1]

Proper oun

瑞(みず)穂(ほ)の国(くに) • (Mizuhonokuni) ^{←みづほのくに (Midufonokuni)^?}

[from 712/720] (rare, archaic, possibly obsolete, honorific) Japan
Synonym: 日本国 (Nihon-koku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2P-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

[SMK8-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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