日本史

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	史
に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
irregular	on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 日(に)本(ほん) (Nihon, “Japan”) + 史(し) (-shi, “history”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にほんし [nìhóꜜǹshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) にほんし [nìhóńshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

日(に)本(ほん)史(し) • (Nihonshi)

Japanese history
Synonym: 国史 (kokushi, former name)

See also

世(せ)界(かい)史(し) (sekaishi, “world history”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN