揺籃

See also: 搖籃 and 摇篮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
揺 籃
よう
Grade: S 		らん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 搖籃 / 摇篮 (yew lam, literally “shake, rock + basket”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よーらん [yòóráń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

揺(よう)籃(らん) • (yōran) ←えうらん (euran)?

  1. (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something
    揺籃(ようらん)の地(ち)
    yōran no chi
    place of the beginning[2]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
揺 籃
ゆ(り)
Grade: S 		かご
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖籃 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 揺籃 – see the following entry.
【揺ゆり籠かご】
[noun] a rocking cradle (for a baby)
Alternative spellings
揺りかご, 揺り篭, 揺り籃, 揺籠, 揺篭
(This term, 揺籃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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