刳り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刳
Hyōgai

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 刳(く)る (kuru, “to gouge, hollow out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

刳(く)り • (kuri) 

1. a hollow, something that is cut or gouged (out)

   襟(えり)の刳(く)りの深(ふか)いワンピース

   eri no kuri no fukai wanpīsu

   a low-cut dress

   (literally, “a dress on which the cut of the collar is deep”)

2. scooping, hollowing