印籠

Japanese edit

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印籠

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Inrō

印籠 (inrō): a samurai's pillbox, shown hanging on a cord from the user's obi (sash).

Kanji in this term
印	籠
いん Grade: 4	ろう Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology edit

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 印 (in, “seal, stamp”) +‎ 籠 (rō, “basket; container”). Appears in texts from the late 1600s.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) いんろー [ìńróó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
(Tokyo) いんろー [ìńróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ĩnɾo̞ː]

Noun edit

印(いん)籠(ろう) • (inrō) ^{←いんろう (inrou)^?}

(historical) during the Edo period, a samurai's pillbox, usually lacquered, consisting of an oval-shaped stack of containers held together with a cord and hung from the user's 帯 (obi, “sash”)

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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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