鎧通し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎧 通
よろい
Jinmeiyō 		とお > どお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鎧通
 鎧通し on Japanese Wikipedia
 Yoroidōshi on Wikipedia
鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.

Etymology

Compound of 鎧(よろい) (yoroi, “armor”) + 通(とう)し (tōshi, “passing one thing through another”).[1] The tōshi changes to dōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鎧通(よろいどう)し • (yoroidōshi) 

  1. (weaponry) a straight and stout short sword or dagger used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
    Synonym: 馬手差 (metezashi)
  2. (archery) an armor-piercing arrowhead
  3. Synonym of 目木 (megi, “Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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