わき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わき – see the following entries.

【脇】S

[noun] (anatomy) the armpit, the underarm

[noun] 傍, 側: the side of something

[noun] a tangent, such as in a conversation

[noun] something in a secondary and supporting role:

[noun] in ancient Japan, an assistant to the 春宮坊 (Tōgūbō, rank title; responsible for administering eastern provinces)

[noun] in the medieval period, old name for 関脇 (sekiwake, sumō rank)

[noun] in 能楽 (nōgaku, “Noh theatre”), the supporting role played alongside the main protagonist

[noun] in 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, recitation accompanying a puppet show), the supporting reciter

[noun] in 邦楽 (hōgaku, traditional Japanese music), the accompaniment

[noun] something of lesser importance, something on the back burner (often used in constructions such as 脇にする (waki ni suru, “to put off to the side”), 脇になる (waki ni naru, “to become off to the side”).)

[noun] short for 脇(わき)能(のう) (wakinō): a type of Noh theatre, performed first in a series of performances, wherein a god or spirit prays for a peaceful reign for the emperor

[noun] short for 脇(わき)句(く) (wakiku): the two seven-syllable lines of poetry following the 発句 (hokku, the first three lines of a renga, of 17 syllables and later serving as the haiku form)

[noun] short for 脇(わき)百(びゃく)姓(しょう) (waki-byakushō): lower-ranking commoners in the Edo period and earlier

[noun] somewhere, someone, or something else

Alternative spellings
腋, 掖, 傍, 側

【和気】	[noun] harmonious atmosphere

【沸き】	[noun] boiling [verb] stem or continuative form of 沸く (waku) [godan]

【湧き】	[noun] welling up, surging [verb] stem or continuative form of 湧く (waku) [godan] Alternative spelling 涌き

(This term, わき (waki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as わき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わき.)

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