奈良
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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奈 | 良 |
な Grade: S |
ら Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
According to the ancient Japanese book Nihon Shoki, the name "Nara" derived from the Japanese verb 平す (narasu, “to flatten”)[1]. In The Study of Place Names, Kunio Yanagida stated, "Nara stands for flatland."[2]
Proper noun
- Nara, a city in central Japan
- 奈良市
- Nara shi
- Nara (city)
- 奈良市
- Nara, a prefecture in central Japan
- 奈良県
- Nara ken
- Nara (ken, prefecture)
- 奈良県
- A surname.
Derived terms
- 奈良県 (Nara ken)
References
- In September in the tenth year of Emperor Sujin, "then, leading selected soldiers, (the rebels) went forward, climbed Nara-yama (hills lying to the north of Heijō-kyō) and put them in order. Now the imperial forces gathered and flattened trees and plants. Therefore the mountain is called Nara-yama."
- 柳田国男 YANAGIDA Kunio (1936), 『地名の研究』 (The Study of Place Names), 古今書院, pp.217-219
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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