櫓声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫓 声
ろ
Jinmeiyō 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫓聲 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 櫓聲 / 橹声 (luX syeng, literally “oar + sound”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろせー [ròséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞se̞ː]

Noun

櫓(ろ)声(せい) • (rosei) 

  1. the sound of rowing a boat, particularly the kind of boat with one single oar attached at the stern, rowed by pushing the oar back and forth

References

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