山繭糸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	繭	糸
やま Grade: 1	まゆ Grade: S	いと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
山繭絲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 山繭(ヤママユ) (yamamayu, “Japanese silk moth”) + 糸(いと) (ito, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ma̠jɯ̟ᵝito̞]

Noun

山(やま)繭(まゆ)糸(いと) or 山繭糸(やままいいと) • (yamamayuito or yamamaiito) 

1. tensan silk thread; silk harvested from Japanese silk moth cocoons

   Synonyms: 天蚕 (tensan), 天蚕糸 (tegusu)

   • 1948, Yanagi Muneyoshi, Teshigoto no Nihon‎^[1]:

     ただし山(やま)繭(まい)糸(いと)は容(よう)易(い)に染(そ)めを受(う)けつけませんが、自(し)然(ぜん)の黄(き)味(み)が既(すで)に美(うつく)しい色(いろ)を呈(てい)します。

     Tadashi yamamaīto wa yōi ni some o uketsukemasen ga, shizen no kimi ga sude ni utsukushī iro o teishimasu.

     While the yamamaiito does not easily accept dye, its natural yellow already presents a beautiful color.

   • 2016, Birei-teki KIMONO 2016-nen tōki gō [Beautiful Kimono 2016 seasonal edition]‎^[2], page 44:

     使(し)用(よう)する糸(いと)は生(き)糸(いと)(山(やま)繭(まゆ)糸(いと)を含(ふく)む)、玉(たま)糸(いと)又(また)は真(ま)綿(わた)の手(て)つむぎ糸(いと)とすること。

     Shiyō suru ito wa kīto (yamamayuito o fukumu), tamaito mata wa mawata no te tsumugi ito to suru koto.

     The thread used should be raw silk (including yamamayuito), dupion silk, or hand-spun silk floss.

References

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN