割殻
Japanese
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割 | 殻 |
わ(れ) Grade: 6 |
から Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
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割殼 (kyūjitai) 破殻 |
Etymology
edit割 (ware, “cracked”) + 殻 (kara, “shell”); derived from that its shell cracks when it dried up.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editUsage notes
editFrom ancient times, this word was used as a material for waka poetry as a pun upon 我から (ware kara, “my fault, by myself”).
- 905-912, Kokin Wakashū:
- 海人の刈る藻に住む虫のわれからと音をこそ泣かめ世をばうらみじ
- ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no ware kara to ne o koso nakame yo o ba uramiji
- Even I may cry "warekara [it's my fault], a bug which lives on the seaweed which fishermen reap", I shall never hate the world.
- 海人の刈る藻に住む虫のわれからと音をこそ泣かめ世をばうらみじ
- c. 900, The Tales of Ise:
- 恋ひわびぬ海人の刈る藻にやどるてふ我から身をもくだきつるかな
- koi wabinu ama no karu mo ni yadoru chō ware kara mi o mo kudaki tsuru ka na
- Suffering in love; warekara [by myself], which is said to stay at the seaweed which fishermen reap; alas I'm crushing even my own body!
- 恋ひわびぬ海人の刈る藻にやどるてふ我から身をもくだきつるかな
References
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