矢柄

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
から > がら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
矢幹
(rare)

Etymology

Compound of (ya, arrow) +‎ (kara, shaft).[1][2] The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to roughly 934 in the Wamyō Ruijushō.

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がら) or 矢柄(ヤガラ) (yagara

  1. the shaft of an arrow
  2. the cornetfish, members of genus Fistularia (from the long and thin body shape, resembling the shaft of an arrow)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤガラ.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN