握り鋏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
握	鋏
にぎ Grade: S	はさみ > ばさみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡʲiɾʲiba̠sa̠mʲi]

Noun

握り鋏: a pair of Japanese-style scissors

握(にぎ)り鋏(ばさみ) • (nigiribasami) 

1. one-piece scissors; Japanese-style scissors

   Synonym: 和鋏 (wabasami)

   Hyponym: はさみ (hasami)

   • 1995, Yamaji Shizuko, Kodomo no kokoro o nobasu no wa okāsan [The one who cares for the child’s heart is Mother]‎^[1], page 12:

     日(に)本(ほん)のいわゆる握(にぎ)り鋏(ばさみ)は左(さ)右(ゆう)どちらの手(て)でも使(つか)えますが、西(せい)洋(よう)鋏(はさみ)ではそうはいきません。

     Nihon no iwayuru nigiribasami wa sayū dochira no te de mo tsukaemasu ga, seiyō hasami de wa sō wa ikimasen.

     Japan’s so-called nigiribasami scissors can be used with either left or right hand, but this is not the case for western-style scissors.