浮き彫り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮 彫
う
Grade: S 		ほ > ぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
浮彫り
浮彫

Etymology

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) +‎ 彫り (hori, “carving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うきぼり [ùkíbórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟kʲibo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

浮(う)き彫(ぼ)り • (ukibori) 

  1. relief (a type of carving)
  2. sharp contrast, being brought into relief

References

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