いもり

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いもり – see the following entry.
井守
蠑螈: a salamandrid
Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, Japanese fire belly newt).
(historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally well boss), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system
Alternative spellings
蠑螈, イモリ
(This term, いもり (imori), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いもり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いもり.)