まるきばし

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
丸木橋

Etymology

From 丸木 (maruki, “log”) +‎ 橋 (hashi, “bridge”). The hashi changes to bashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

まるきばし • (marukibashi) ←まるきばし (marukibasi)?

  1. a log bridge
    • 1977, “Kitaguni no Haru [Spring in the North]”, Haku Ide (lyrics), Minoru Endō (music), performed by Masao Sen:
      雪(ゆき)どけ　せせらぎ　丸(まる)木(き)橋(ばし)　落葉松(からまつ)の芽(め)がふく北(きた)国(ぐに)の　ああ北(きた)国(ぐに)の春(はる)
      yukidoke seseragi marukibashi karamatsu no me ga fuku kitaguni no ā kitaguni no haru
      Thawing snow, the small stream, and the log bridge. The larch-sprouts are budding up North, ah, spring in the North!

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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