じょうろ

Japanese edit

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じょうろ

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Watering can

じょうろ (jōro): a plastic watering can.

Alternative forms edit

ジョーロ, じょろ, ジョロ, 如雨露, 如露 (ジョーロ, じょろ, ジョロ, 如雨露, 如露)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese jorro.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) じょーろ [jóꜜòrò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾo̞]

Noun edit

じょうろ • (jōro)

watering can (utensil for watering plants)

Usage notes edit

Occasionally found with the ateji spellings of 如雨露 and 如露.

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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