巻物
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巻物 (makimono): a horizontal scroll.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 巻 | 物 |
| ま(き) Grade: 6 |
もの Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 卷物 (kyūjitai) 巻き物 |
Etymology
Compound of 巻き (maki, “rolling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
- Synonym: スクロール (sukurōru)
- a roll of cloth
- a food that has been wound into a shape resembling a scroll, such as a sushi roll or a roll of scrambled eggs
Related terms
- 掛物 (kakemono): a hanging scroll, a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN