はなことば

Japanese
Alternative spelling
花言葉

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) and 言葉 (kotoba, “word”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はなこ​とば [hànákóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

はなことば • (hanakotoba) ←はなことば (fanakotoba)?

  1. floriography; the language of flowers

References
  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
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