Word Meaning 大和言葉

やまとことば yamatokotoba

大和言葉 is read as やまとことば (yamatokotoba) and means word of Japanese origin.

Meaning

English

word of Japanese origin
native Japanese word

Reading

Kana

やまとことば

Romaji

yamatokotoba

Writing Variants

大和詞 やまとことば yamatokotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 54418 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大和三山

やまとさんざん

Three Mountains of Yamato (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi)

大和ゴキブリ

やまとごきぶり

Japanese cockroach (Periplaneta japonica)

Example Sentences

大和言葉は、日本で昔から使われてきた言葉で、外国語に翻訳し易いものもあれば、し難いものもあります。

Yamato-kotoba is the language that has been used in Japan since ancient times, and whilst it has some phrases that can be easily translated into foreign language, there are also those that are difficult.