囲炉裏

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
(ateji)

Grade: S
(ateji)

Grade: 6
(ateji)
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spellings
圍爐裏 (kyūjitai)
居炉裏
囲炉裏 (irori): traditional sunken hearth inside a house at the outskirts of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Ainu [Term?]. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Noun[edit]

()()() (iroriゐろり (wirori)?

  1. a traditional sunken hearth or fireplace cut in the middle of a floor
    Synonyms: (ro), ゆるり (yururi)
    • 1954, Satoshi Kubota (lyrics and music), “Kāsan no uta [Song of the mother]”:
      ふるさとの便(たよ)りはとどく いろりをにおいがした
      furusato no tayori wa todoku irori o nioi ga shita
      I received [a letter] from my hometown; it smelled of the hearth.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN