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浮き彫り. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Japanese
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浮彫り
浮彫
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Etymology
Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) + 彫り (hori, “carving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
浮き彫り • (ukibori)
- relief (a type of carving)
- sharp contrast, being brought into relief
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