rokkaku
English
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese 六角 (“six corners, hexagon”).
Noun
editrokkaku (plural rokkakus)
- A traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite.
- 2010, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Small-Format Aerial Photography, page 104:
- Rokkakus may be somewhat unstable in near-surface ground turbulence, but once aloft they are remarkably smooth […]
Japanese
editRomanization
editrokkaku