"日本書紀" meaning in Japanese

See 日本書紀 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟iho̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞kʲi] Forms: 日本書紀 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ほん), (しょ), ())
Etymology: From 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”) + 書(しょ) (sho, “book”) + 紀(き) (ki, “record”). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|日本|にほん|書|しょ|紀|き|t1=Japan|t2=book|t3=record}} 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”) + 書(しょ) (sho, “book”) + 紀(き) (ki, “record”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にほん しょき}} 日(に)本(ほん)書(しょ)紀(き) • (Nihon Shoki)
  1. The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese) Wikipedia link: ja:日本書紀 Synonyms: 日本紀 (Nihongi) (ruby: (), (ほん), ()), 書紀 (Shoki) (ruby: (しょ), ()) Related terms: 本書 (honsho) (ruby: (ほん), (しょ)), 記紀 (Kiki) (ruby: (), ())

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 日本書紀 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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