えもの

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
獲物

() (e, acquiring, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (eru).) + (もの) (mono, thing).

Essentially identical to えもの (emono, 得物).

Pronunciation

Noun

えもの (emonoえもの (emono)?

  1. (hunting) the thing hunted: prey, game, quarry
    • 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “(あら)たなる(きょ)(だい)(かべ)(まき) [A New Giant Obstacle Has Arrived]”, in (しん)(てっ)(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 147:
      ここでどちらかが(かなら)()ぬ ()りの()わりとは(つね)にそういうものだ‥‥()ぬのは()(もの)狩人(かりゅうど)
      Koko de dochira ka ga kanarazu shinu Kari no owari to wa tsune ni sō iu mono da‥‥ Shinu no wa emono ka karyūdo ka
      One of us will die here. That’s how every hunt is supposed to end… Either the hunted or the hunter, one must die.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
得物

() (e, acquiring, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (eru).) + (もの) (mono, thing).

Essentially identical to えもの (emono, 獲物).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Likely connection to (とく)() (tokui, strong point), considering the archaic senses”

Pronunciation

Noun

えもの (emonoえもの (emono)?

  1. a weapon, a hand weapon
    • 2014, Takitsu Ko, Sengoku botchi 4: Return of Shimazu tank army corps, page 80:
      (てっ)(ぽう)()(りょく)()にしてからはこれも(りっ)()()()んこえもの()(もの)やっち(おも)うようになった。
      Teppō n iryoku ba me ni shite kara wa kore mo rippa na buke n koe mono emono yatchi omō yō ni natta.
      After I had seen the power of the gun I began to think that this would also make a splendid weapon for a samurai.
  2. (archaic) one's preferred weapon, the weapon with which one is most proficient
    Synonym: 得道具 (edogu)[2]
  3. (archaic) one's strongest point, specialty, greatest strength
    Synonyms: 得意 (tokui), 強み (tsuyomi)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ えもの【得物】”, in 小学館 全文全訳古語辞典 [Shogakkan complete dictionary of archaisms] (in Japanese), 2004