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Japanese
Etymology
From 刈り (kari, stem form of 刈る (karu), "to cut, mow") + 根 (ne, “root”).
Pronunciation
Noun
刈り根 • (karine)
- (agriculture) stubble left from cut grass or other plant
- 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 806; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 88)
- 難波江の葦のかりねの一夜故みをつくしてや恋わたるべき
- Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue mi o tsukushite ya koi wataru beki
- For the sake of a night short as the nodes of the reeds of Naniwa must I live on, my flesh wasted with longing?[2]
Usage notes
Used as a wordplay for 仮寝 (karine, “sleeping away from home”).
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kenneth Rexroth (1964) One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, illustrated edition, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 74