"日本海" meaning in Japanese

See 日本海 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟ihõ̞ŋka̠i] Forms: 日本海 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ほん), (かい)), Nihonkai [romanization]
Etymology: From Literary Chinese, attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu by Matteo Ricci in 1602. Equivalent to 日本 + 海. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|lzh|-}} Literary Chinese Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にほんかい}} 日(に)本(ほん)海(かい) • (Nihonkai)
  1. Sea of Japan Wikipedia link: Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, Matteo Ricci
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Download raw JSONL data for 日本海 meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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