given name

a Japanese word of ancient Japanese origin (as opposed to a word borrowed from Chinese, or composed in Japan from Chinese-derived roots) / Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)

Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”). / Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.

(music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

the Japanese spirit / (figuratively) the unique qualities or traits of the Japanese people

(dialect, Okinawa) Japanese language

(collective) 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)

the ancients, ancient people

Synonym of 始生代

classical antiquity