天叢雲剣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 叢 雲 剣
あま
Grade: 1 		むら
Jinmeiyō 		くも
Grade: 2 		つるぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
天叢雲劍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 天 (ama, “heaven”, ancient combining form) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 叢雲 (murakumo, “cloudbank”) +‎ の +‎ 剣 (tsurugi, “double-edged sword”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ no̞ mɯ̟ɾa̠kɯ̟mo̞ no̞ t͡sɨɾɯ̟ɡʲi]

Proper noun

天叢雲剣(あまのむらくものつるぎ) • (Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi) 

  1. the original name of the Sword of Kusanagi

Synonyms

References

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