浮き彫り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮	彫
う Grade: S	ほ > ぼ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
浮彫り 浮彫

Etymology

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) +‎ 彫り (hori, “carving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うきぼり [ùkíbórí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲibo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

浮(う)き彫(ぼ)り • (ukibori) 

1. relief (a type of carving)
2. sharp contrast, being brought into relief