破魔弓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破 魔 弓
は
Grade: 5 		ま
Grade: S 		ゆみ
Grade: 2
goon kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
浜弓

Etymology

Compound of 破魔(はま) (hama, literally “break-devil”) + 弓(ゆみ) (yumi, “bow”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

破(は)魔(ま)弓(ゆみ) • (hama yumi) 

  1. (historical) a toy bow used to shoot the 破魔矢 (hama ya, literally “break-devil arrow”), given to boys as a toy at New Years
  2. (modern) a decorative bow as part of a set of decorations put out at New Years and at roof raisings

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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