巻物
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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巻 | 物 |
ま(き) Grade: 6 |
もの Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
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卷物 (kyūjitai) |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 巻き (maki, “rolling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
- a roll of cloth
- a food that has been wound into a shape resembling a scroll, such as a sushi roll or a roll of scrambled eggs
Synonyms
- (wound-up document, painting, or drawing): スクロール (sukurōru)
Related terms
- 掛物 (kakemono): a hanging scroll, a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN