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のーじ【虹・霓】 : nooji | define meaning
nooji
Pronunciation: [noːʑi]
Definition
Noun
- Rainbow
Etymology
Cognate to Kagoshima にじ niji and にし nish(i); Okinawan ぬーじ nuuji; standard Japanese にじ【虹・霓】 niji "rainbow". Historically attested Japanese forms include ぬじ nuji and のじ noji. See the Ibaraki Database for more details. Attested in Eastern Old Japanese under the form 努自 nwozi in the Man’yōshū, book 14 (Azuma uta), line 3414.
意味：にじ【虹・霓】