inro

See also: inrō

English

Etymology

From Japanese 印籠 (inrō).

Noun

inro (plural inro or inros)

1. A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects.
   • 1979, Raymond Bushell, The Inrō Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inrō, and Lacquer, page 141:

     Tonkotsu are distinguished from inro in several ways. The tonkotsu is a container for tobacco; the inro, for medicines.

See also

• inrō

Anagrams

• Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, iron, noir, nori, roin

Makasar

Root

inro (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨑᨚ)

1. precategorial root (rotating movement)

Derived terms

• amminro (“to rotate (intransitive)”)
• inro-inro (“toy windmill”)
• painro (“to spin (transitive)”)