開け胡麻

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
開けゴマ
 開けゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 開け (hirake, imperative form of 開く (hiraku, to open)) +‎ 胡麻 (goma, sesame), calque of French sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.

Phrase

(ひら)()() or (ひら)胡麻(ゴマ) (hirake goma

  1. open sesame!