和鋏

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
はさみ > ばさみ
Hyōgai
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

Noun

和鋏: a pair of Japanese-style scissors

()(ばさみ) (wabasami

  1. Japanese-style scissors
    Synonym: 握り鋏 (nigiribasami)
    Hyponym: はさみ (hasami)
    • 1985, Muramatsu Teijirō, Kaji no tabi [Blacksmith’s travels], →ISBN, page 130:
      ところで()(ばさみ)(れき)()めいたことに(ひと)(こと)ふれると、この(ぶん)()では『(はさみ)』((おか)(もと)(せい)()(ちょ)(しょう)()(さん)(じゅう)(よん)(ねん))という()(ちょう)(ほん)がある。
      Tokoro de wabasami no rekishi meita koto ni hitokoto fureru to, kono bun'ya de wa “Hasami” (Okamoto Seishi cho, Shōwa sanjūyon-nen) to iu kichō na hon ga aru.
      Accordingly, for a succinct history of Japanese scissors, the book Hasami (Okamoto Seishi, 1959) is an invaluable work in this sphere.