破魔矢

Japanese

破魔弓 (hama yumi): a decorative set of two hama yumi bows and hama ya arrows.

Kanji in this term
破	魔	矢
は Grade: 5	ま Grade: S	や Grade: 2
goon		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 破魔 (hama, literally “break-devil”) +‎ 矢 (ya, “arrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はま​や [hàmáꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ma̠ja̠]

Noun

破(は)魔(ま)矢(や) • (hama ya) 

1. (historical) an arrow used with the 破魔弓 (hama yumi, literally “break-devil bow”), given to boys as a toy at New Years
2. (modern) a decorative arrow as part of a set of decorations put out at New Years and at roof raisings

Coordinate terms

• 破(は)魔(ま)弓(ゆみ) (hama yumi): a decorative bow used to shoot a hama ya

References

• “破魔矢”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
• “破魔矢”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
• “破魔矢”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984