我が家

Japanese
Kanji in this term
我 家
わ
Grade: 6		 や
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominal phrase, composed of 我(わ) (wa, “I, me”) + が (ga, genitive or possessive particle in Old Japanese) + 家(や) (ya, “house, home”).

Pronunciation

Noun

我(わ)が家(や) • (wa ga ya) 

  1. my house; one's own house
  2. my family; one's own family

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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