高天原

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Compound of 高 (taka, “high”) +‎ 天の原 (ama no hara, “plains of heaven”), with the final -a of taka dropped due to haplology.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たかまの​はら [tàkámá nóꜜhàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ma̠ no̞ ha̠ɾa̠]

高天原 (hiragana たかまのはら, rōmaji takama no hara)

1. the sky, heavens
2. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) the realm of the gods (as opposed to the realm of mortals and the realm of the dead)

From Old Japanese

Compound of 高 (taka, “high”) +‎ 天 (ama, “heaven”) +‎ が (ga, archaic attributive or possessive particle) +‎ 原 (hara, “plain”), with the final -a of taka dropped due haplology.

Because there is no additional kanji (such as 之 or 乃) attested in the compound to demonstrate a particle, both が (ga) and の (no) are interchangeable.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たかまが​はら [tàkámá gáꜜhàrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ha̠ɾa̠]

高天原 (hiragana たかまがはら, rōmaji takama ga hara)

1. Same as たかまのはら (takama no hara) above