和鋏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
和 鋏
わ
Grade: 3		 はさみ > ばさみ
Hyōgaiji
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ba̠sa̠mʲi]

Noun
和鋏: a pair of Japanese-style scissors

和(わ)鋏(ばさみ) • (wabasami) 

  1. Japanese-style scissors
    Synonym: 握り鋏 (nigiribasami)
    Hyponym: はさみ (hasami)
    • 1985, Muramatsu Teijirō, Kaji no tabi [Blacksmith’s travels], →ISBN, page 130:
      ところで和(わ)鋏(ばさみ)の歴(れき)史(し)めいたことに一(ひと)言(こと)ふれると、この分(ぶん)野(や)では『鋏(はさみ)』(岡(おか)本(もと)誠(せい)之(し)著(ちょ)、昭(しょう)和(わ)三(さん)十(じゅう)四(よん)年(ねん))という貴(き)重(ちょう)な本(ほん)がある。
      Tokoro de wabasami no rekishi meita koto ni hitokoto fureru to, kono bun'ya de wa “Hasami” (Okamoto Seishi cho, Shōwa sanjūyon-nen) to iu kichō na hon ga aru.
      Accordingly, for a succinct history of Japanese scissors, the book Hasami (Okamoto Seishi, 1959) is an invaluable work in this sphere.
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