八岐大蛇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	岐	大	蛇
や Grade: 1	また Grade: S	おお > お Grade: 1	ろち Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 八 (や) (ya, “eight”) + 股 (また) (mata, “crotch, branch, fork”) + 大蛇 (おろち) (orochi, “python, large snake”). 岐 and大蛇 (おろち) (orochi) are jukujikun (熟字訓); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) やまたのおろち [yàmátá nó óꜜròchì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ta̠ no̞ o̞ɾo̞t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

八岐大蛇 (hiragana やまたのおろち, katakana ヤマタノオロチ, rōmaji Yamata no Orochi, historical hiragana やまたのをろち, historical katakana ヤマタノヲロチ)

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo

References

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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