握り鋏

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
にぎ
Grade: S
はさみ > ばさみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

握り鋏: a pair of Japanese-style scissors

(にぎ)(ばさみ) (nigiribasami

  1. one-piece scissors; Japanese-style scissors
    Synonym: 和鋏 (wabasami)
    Hyponym: はさみ (hasami)
    • 1995, Yamaji Shizuko, Kodomo no kokoro o nobasu no wa okāsan [The one who cares for the child’s heart is Mother]‎, page 12:
      ()(ほん)のいわゆる(にぎ)(ばさみ)()(ゆう)どちらの()でも使(つか)えますが、西(せい)(よう)(はさみ)ではそうはいきません。
      Nihon no iwayuru nigiribasami wa sayū dochira no te de mo tsukaemasu ga, seiyō hasami de wa sō wa ikimasen.
      Japan’s so-called nigiribasami scissors can be used with either left or right hand, but this is not the case for western-style scissors.