じょろ

Japanese edit

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じょうろ

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Watering can

じょろ (joro): a plastic watering can.

Alternative forms edit

ジョロ, じょうろ, ジョーロ

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese jorro.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) じょろ [jóꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞]

Noun edit

じょろ • (joro)

watering can (utensil for watering plants)

Usage notes edit

Occasionally found with the ateji spelling of 如露. The longer pronunciation じょうろ (jōro) appears to be more common.

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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