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    和語

    和わ語ご

    Japanese language

    KMT7CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    倭語

    わご

    Noun

    1.
    Japanese language
    2.
    wago, native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)

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    「やま」は和わ語ごです。

    "Yama" (mountain) is a native Japanese word.

    KMT5Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほん語ごには和わ語ご、漢かん語ご、外がい来らい語ごの三さん種しゅ類るいがある。

    Japanese has three types of words: native Japanese words, Chinese-derived words, and loanwords.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    和わ語ごは、日に本ほんの古ふるくからの生せい活かつや自し然ぜんに基もとづいた言こと葉ばが多おおい。

    Many native Japanese words are based on Japan's ancient life and nature.

    KMT7Core ConceptsCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    俳はい句くでは、季き節せつ感かんを表ひょう現げんするために和わ語ごがよく用もちいられる。

    In haiku, native Japanese words are often used to express a sense of the season.

    KMT7LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくを読よむ際さいには、現げん代だい語ごとは異ことなる和わ語ごのニュアンスを理り解かいする必ひつ要ようがある。

    When reading classical literature, it is necessary to understand the nuances of native Japanese words that differ from modern Japanese.

    KMT8LiteratureEducationCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    和
    やわ.らぐ・やわ.らげる・なご.む・なご.やか・あ.える…(20)
    harmony・Japanese style・peace・soften・Japan
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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