轆轤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
轆	轤

Pronunciation

• IPA: [rokuro]

Noun

轆轤 (hiragana ろくろ, romaji rokuro)

1. a rotating device used for wood and metal works; a lathe
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 5 page 79)

     轆轤 圓轉機也 [...] 鋋 路久魯賀奈 [...] 轆轤之裁刀也

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 539)

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 轆轤師の使う轆轤. Rocuroni caqete fiqu. (轆轤にかけて挽く) 轆轤で細工する.

2. a potter's wheel
   • 「２基の轆轤を、土の種類によって使い分けています。」[1]
3. the part of an umbrella that holds all stretchers and facilitates opening and closing; a runner
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 539)

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 日傘の内側にある轆轤.

Derived terms

• 轆轤鉋 (rokurogana, rokuroganna)
• 轆轤木 (rokurogi)
• 轆轤錐 (rokurogiri)
• 轆轤首 (rokurokubi)
• 轆轤師 (rokuroshi)

References

• 1980 June 14 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 June 14 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9: