Definition of 八尺瓊勾玉 (やさかにのまがたま)

八尺瓊勾玉

やさかにのまがたま

yasakaninomagatama

View details for kanji: 八View details for kanji: 尺View details for kanji: 瓊View details for kanji: 勾View details for kanji: 玉
noun
1.
large jewel, string of jewels(archaism)
2.
Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
See also:勾玉,  三種の神器
Other readings:
八坂瓊曲玉【やさかにのまがたま】
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八尺瓊曲玉【やさかにのまがたま】
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八尺瓊の勾玉【やさかにのまがたま】
Related Kanji
八 eight, eight radical (no. 12)
尺 shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
瓊 red jewel, beautiful jewel
勾 be bent, slope, capture
玉 jewel, ball
坂 slope, incline, hill
曲 bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean