揺り椅子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
揺 椅 子
ゆ
Grade: S		 い
Grade: S		 す
Grade: 1
kun’yomi on’yomi tōon
Alternative spelling
搖り椅子 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 揺(ゆ)り (yuri, “rocking; swinging”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺(ゆ)る (yuru, “to rock; to swing”).) + 椅子(いす) (isu, “chair”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゆりいす [yùríísú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾʲiisɨᵝ]

Noun

揺(ゆ)り椅(い)子(す) • (yuriisu) 

  1. Synonym of ロッキングチェア (rokkingu chea, “rocking chair”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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