えもの

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
獲物

獲(え) (e, “acquiring”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 獲(え)る (eru).) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Essentially identical to えもの (emono, 得物).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えもの [èmónó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

えもの • (emono) ^{←えもの (emono)?}

1. (hunting) the thing hunted: prey, game, quarry
   • 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “新(あら)たなる巨(きょ)大(だい)な壁(かべ)の巻(まき)”, in 新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ (新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 147:

     ここでどちらかが必(かなら)ず死(し)ぬ　狩(か)りの終(お)わりとは常(つね)にそういうものだ‥‥死(し)ぬのは獲(え)物(もの)か狩人(かりゅうど)か

     Koko de dochira ka ga kanarazu shinu Kari no owari to wa tsune ni sō iu mono da‥‥ Shinu no wa emono ka karyūdo ka

     One of us will die here. That’s how every hunt is supposed to end… Either the hunted or the hunter, one must die.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
得物

得(え) (e, “acquiring”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 得(え)る (eru).) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Essentially identical to えもの (emono, 獲物).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えもの [èmónó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

えもの • (emono) ^{←えもの (emono)?}

1. a weapon, a hand weapon
   • 2014, Takitsu Ko, Sengoku botchi 4: Return of Shimazu tank army corps, page 80:

     鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう)ん威(い)力(りょく)ば目(め)にしてからはこれも立(りっ)派(ぱ)な武(ぶ)家(け)んこえもの得(え)物(もの)やっち思(おも)うようになった。

     Teppō n iryoku ba me ni shite kara wa kore mo rippa na buke n koe mono emono yatchi omō yō ni natta.

     After I had seen the power of the gun I began to think that this would also make a splendid weapon for a samurai.

2. (archaic) one's preferred weapon, the weapon with which one is most proficient

   Synonym: 得道具 (edogu)

3. (archaic) one's strongest point, specialty, greatest strength

   Synonyms: 得意 (tokui), 強み (tsuyomi)