揺籃
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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揺 | 籃 |
よう Grade: S |
らん Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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搖籃 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese compound 搖籃/摇篮 (yew lam, literally “shake, rock + basket”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
- (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something
- 揺籃の地
- yōran no chi
- place of the beginning[2]
- 揺籃の地
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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揺 | 籃 |
ゆり Grade: S |
かご Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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搖籃 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 揺 (yuri, “rocking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) + 籃 (kago, “basket”).[3]
Alternative forms edit
- 揺り籠 (more common spelling)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN