大和琴

Japanese
大和琴 (yamatogoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed yamatogoto.
Kanji in this term
大 和 琴
やまと こと > ごと
Grade: S
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
倭琴

Etymology

Compound of 大和 (Yamato, ancient name for Japan) +‎ 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”).[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やまとご​と [yàmátógóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ɡo̞to̞]

Noun

大和(やまと)琴(ごと) • (yamatogoto) 

  1. (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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