刈り根

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刈	根
か Grade: S	ね Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 刈根

Etymology

From 刈り (kari, stem form of 刈る (karu), "to cut, mow") +‎ 根 (ne, “root”).

Noun

刈(か)り根(ね) • (karine) 

1. (agriculture) stubble left from cut grass or other plant
   • 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 806; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 88)

     難(なに)波(は)江(え)の葦(あし)のかりねの一(ひと)夜(よ)故(ゆゑ)みをつくしてや恋(こひ)わたるべき

     Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue mi o tsukushite ya koi wataru beki

     For the sake of a night short as the nodes of the reeds of Naniwa[,] must I live on, my flesh wasted with longing?

Usage notes

Used as a wordplay for 仮寝 (karine, “sleeping away from home”).