刳り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
刳
Hyōgai

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 刳(く)る (kuru, “to gouge, hollow out”).

Pronunciation

Noun

刳(く)り • (kuri) 

  1. a hollow, something that is cut or gouged (out)
    襟(えり)の刳(く)りの深(ふか)いワンピース
    eri no kuri no fukai wanpīsu
    a low-cut dress
    (literally, “a dress on which the cut of the collar is deep”)
  2. scooping, hollowing
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