うろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Shift from おろ (oro, “insufficent”).[1]

Affix

うろ • (uro) 

  1. somewhat insufficiently uncertain
Usage notes

Used in the compound うろ覚え (urooboe, “uncertain memory”).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of 道路 (douro, “road”).[2]

Noun

うろ • (uro) 

  1. (slang, used by criminals) a road

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of うろ – see the following entries.
【有漏】
[noun] (Buddhism) a state in which mental impurities (āsava) or earthly desires (klesha) exist
【烏鷺】
[noun] crows and herons
[noun] black and white
[noun] (figurative) go (board game)
【迂路】
[noun] detour, diversion
【雨露】
[noun] rain and dew
[noun] (literary) (from land becoming wet due to rain and dew) a great fortune or grace
(This term, うろ (uro), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うろ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うろ.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 虚, 迂鹵.)

References

  1. ^ “うろ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ “うろ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
    The concise edition does not have this entry.
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