まきす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
巻き簾
巻き簀

Etymology

Compound of 巻き (maki, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く (maku, “to roll something up”)”) +‎ 簀 (su, “a mat or screen made of reed or bamboo”).[1] Literally, “rolling mat”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まきす [màkísú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠kʲisɨ]

Noun

まきす • (makisu) ←まきす (makisu)?

  1. makisu, a mat usually made of bamboo and used especially in rolling makizushi

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • → English: makisu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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