筒井筒

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つつ
Grade: S

Grade: 4
つつ > づつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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The figurative sense of "childhood friends" is derived from a story in the Ise Monogatari about two childhood friends who would play together by a well in their youth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つつ)()(づつ) (tsutsuizutsuつつゐづつ (tutwidutu)?

  1. well curb of a circular well (筒井)
  2. male and female who are childhood friends

Hypernyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN