西瓜割り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	瓜	割
すい Grade: 2	か Jinmeiyō	わ Grade: 6
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• スイカ割り

Etymology

Compound of 西瓜 (suika, “watermelon”) +‎ 割り (wari, “splitting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 割る waru, "to split").

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいかわり [sùíkáwárí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) すいか​わり [sùíkáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝika̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

西(すい)瓜(か)割(わ)り • (suikawari) ^{←すいくわわり (suikwawari)?}

1. a traditional Japanese game that involves splitting a watermelon with a stick whilst blindfolded