てにをは

Japanese

Alternative spellings
天爾遠波天爾乎波弖爾遠波弖爾乎波天仁遠波

Alternative forms

てには (teniha)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “origin of term in a 'doctor's house' and four corners (rough translation from DJR)?”)

て (te), modern で (de, particle indicating location, time, or means of action)
に (ni, particle expressing direction, for example)
を (o, accusative case particle)
は (wa, topic marker particle)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てにをは [tèníóhá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [te̞ɲ̟io̞ha̠]

は is pronounced as ha, not as wa.

Noun

てにをは • (tenioha) ^{←てにをは (teniwofa)^?}

(Japanese) particle, postposition (part of speech)

Derived terms

弖爾乎波(てにをは)が合(あ)わない (tenioha ga awanai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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