鎧通し

Japanese edit

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鎧通し

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Yoroidōshi

鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.

Kanji in this term
鎧	通
よろい Jinmeiyō	とお > どお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

鎧通

Etymology edit

Compound of 鎧 (yoroi, “armor”) +‎ 通し (tōshi, “passing one thing through another”).^[1] The tōshi changes to dōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) よろいどおし [yòróídóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ido̞ːɕi]

Noun edit

鎧通(よろいどう)し • (yoroidōshi)

(weaponry) a straight and stout short sword used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
(weaponry) an armor-piercing arrowhead
alternate name for the 目木(めぎ) (megi), common name for evergreen shrubs of genus Berberis

Synonyms edit

(short thrusting sword): 馬手差(めてざし) (metezashi)
(arrowhead, in general): 鏃(やじり) (yajiri)
(shrub): 目木(めぎ) (megi)

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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