じょろ

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じょろ (joro): a plastic watering can.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jorro.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

じょろ (joro

  1. watering can (utensil for watering plants)

Usage notes

Occasionally found with the ateji spelling of 如露. The longer pronunciation じょうろ (jōro) appears to be more common.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN