和語わご (wago)

native Japanese word

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Meaning

和語 (わご, wago) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “native Japanese word”.

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Example sentences 11

日本にっぽんまれた 言葉ことば和語わごといいます。

Native Japanese words are called "wago."

なお「将軍」の和語での訓は「いくさのかみ」である。

It must be noted here that the native Japanese reading for

和語では「ひつぎのみこのみめ(日嗣の御子の御女)」という。

In Wago (words of Japanese origin), they were called 'Hitsuginomikonomime'.

和琴' (Wagon).和語(大和言葉)に漢語、仏語を交えて書かれており、簡潔でありながら劇的な表現に富む。

It is written in a mix of wago (Yamato kotoba, native Japanese words) with kango (words of Chinese origin) and Buddhist terms, and is full of simple but dramatic expressions.