弓弦
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弓弦 (yuzuru, yumizuru, yunzuru): a traditional Japanese bowstring and 弦巻 (tsurumaki, “woven bowstring winder”).
Chinese
| a bow (weapon) | bow string; string of mus. instr. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (弓弦) |
弓 | 弦 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
弓弦
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 弓 | 弦 |
| ゆ Grade: 2 |
つる > づる Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
From Old Japanese. Compound of 弓 (yu, “bow”) + 弦 (tsuru, “string, line”). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Probably the original reading, given the etymology of the yu and yumi readings for 弓.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a bowstring
- ; text here
- 梓弓 末之腹野尓 鷹田為 君之弓食之 将絶跡念甕屋
- 梓弓 末のはら野に 鳥狩する 君が弓弦の 絶えむと思へや
あづさゆみ すゑのはらのに とがりする きみがゆづるの たえむとおもへや - Azusa yumi / sue no harano ni / togari suru / kimi ga yuzuru no / taemu to omoe ya
- Think about your bowstring snapping as you go off hunting birds in the far fields with your catalpa bow
- 梓弓 末のはら野に 鳥狩する 君が弓弦の 絶えむと思へや
- 梓弓 末之腹野尓 鷹田為 君之弓食之 将絶跡念甕屋
- ; text here
Idioms
Idioms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 弓 | 弦 |
| ゆみ Grade: 2 |
つる > づる Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
From Old Japanese. Compound of 弓 (yumi, “bow”) + 弦 (tsuru, “string, line”). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Probably a later reading, given the etymology of the yu and yumi readings for 弓.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 弓弦打ち (yumizuru uchi), 弓弦打 (yumizuru uchi): striking or strumming a bowstring, done to ward off evil
- 弓弦師 (yumizurushi): a master maker of bowstrings
- 弓弦袋 (yumizurubukuro): a pouch for a spare bowstring
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 弓 | 弦 |
| ゆみ > ゆん Grade: 2 |
つる > づる Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
/jumizuru/ → /junzuru/
Alteration from yumizuru reading.
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN