張り子

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
張 子
は(り)
Grade: 5 		こ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
張子
張籠 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 張り (hari, “pasting something flat”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 張る (haru, “to paste something flat”)) +‎ 子 (ko, diminutive suffix). So called for the process of pasting layers of paper to a framework to build up the model.

Pronunciation

Noun

張(は)り子(こ) • (hariko) 

  1. papier-mâché
    Synonym: パピエ・マシェ (papie mashe)

Derived terms

References

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