ぐり

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
屈輪
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Etymology

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Particularly: “A sound-symbolic formation, perhaps related to ぐりぐり (“press and massage”) (referring to the carving process) and/or ぐるぐる (“turning round and round”) (referring to the whirling patterns of guri lacquer).”

Pronunciation

Noun

ぐり • (guri) 

  1. a curved fern-like pattern used in decorating carved lacquer and Zen Buddhist temples

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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