"因幡の白兎" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ina̠ba̠ no̞ ɕiɾo̞ɯ̟sa̠ɡʲi] Forms: 因幡の白兎 [canonical] (ruby: (いな), (), (しろ), (うさぎ)), Inaba no Shirousagi [romanization]
Etymology: Old Japanese 稻羽之素菟 (Inaba no₂ Sirousagi). 因幡 (Inaba) + の (no, genitive marker) + 白兎 (shirousagi, “white/bare rabbit/hare”). Etymology templates: {{sub|2}} ₂, {{inh|ja|ojp|稻羽之素菟|sort=いなばのしろうさぎ|tr=Inaba no₂ Sirousagi}} Old Japanese 稻羽之素菟 (Inaba no₂ Sirousagi), {{af|ja|因幡|の|白兎|pos2=genitive marker|sort=いなばのしろうさぎ|t3=white/bare rabbit/hare|tr1=Inaba|tr2=no|tr3=shirousagi}} 因幡 (Inaba) + の (no, genitive marker) + 白兎 (shirousagi, “white/bare rabbit/hare”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|^いなば の ^しろ.うさぎ}} 因(いな)幡(ば)の白(しろ)兎(うさぎ) • (Inaba no Shirousagi)
  1. the Hare of Inaba (a hare who got stripped bare of its fur by 鰐 (wani, “crocodiles”), but saved by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi)) Wikipedia link: ja:因幡の白兎
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