言の葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
言	葉
こと Grade: 2	は Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 言 (koto, “word”) and 葉 (ha, “leaf”), joined by the genitive particle の (no).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ことのは [kòtónóꜜhà] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞no̞ha̠]

Noun

言(こと)の葉(は) • (kotonoha)

words
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 153:
  Cotonofa. コトノハ (言の葉) 言葉. Cotono fani noxerarenu. (言の葉に載せられぬ) 言葉では説明することができない.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
poetry

See also

言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba)

References

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.