日本武尊 やまとたける Also written ヤマトタケル, 倭建 Meanings Noun Yamato Takeru (i.e.: 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto) Kanji 日 day 本 origin 武 military. Read as たけ. 尊 revere Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists