緒ろ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology

/woro2/ > /worə/ > /woro/ > /oro/. From noun o (thread) + suffix ro.

Noun

緒ろ (hiragana おろ, romaji oro, historical hiragana をろ)

  1. a thin, long thread
    • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3466)
      麻可奈思美 奴礼婆許登尓豆 佐祢奈敝波 己許呂乃緒呂尓 能里弖可奈思母

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