割殻

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
割 殻
わ(れ)
Grade: 6 		から
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
割殼 (kyūjitai)
破殻
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Caprella equilibra(クビナガワレカラ), a species of skeleton shrimp(割殻)

Etymology

割(われ) (ware, “cracked”) + 殻(から) (kara, “shell”); derived from that its shell cracks when it dried up.

Pronunciation

Noun

割(われ)殻(から) or 割殻(ワレカラ) • (warekara) 

  1. a skeleton shrimp

Usage notes

From ancient times, this word was used as a material for waka poetry as a pun upon 我(われ)から (ware kara, “my fault, by myself”).

905-912, Kokin Wakashū:
海人(あま)の刈(か)る藻(も)に住(す)む虫(むし)のわれからと音(ね)をこそ泣(な)かめ世(よ)をばうらみじ
ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no ware kara to ne o koso nakame yo o ba uramiji
Even I may cry "warekara , a bug which lives on the seaweed which fishermen reap", I shall never hate the world.
c. 900, The Tales of Ise:
恋(こ)ひわびぬ海人(あま)の刈(か)る藻(も)にやどるてふ我(われ)から身(み)をもくだきつるかな
koi wabinu ama no karu mo ni yadoru chō ware kara mi o mo kudaki tsuru ka na
Suffering in love; warekara , which is said to stay at the seaweed which fishermen reap; alas I'm crushing even my own body!

References

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