熊手
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 熊 | 手 |
| くま Grade: 4 |
て > で Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 𨦈 |
Etymology
Compound of 熊 (kuma, “bear”) + 手 (te, “hand”).[1][2][3][4][5] The te changes to de as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Appears in texts since 1185.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
熊手 • (kumade)
- a rake (garden tool), made of various materials; stylized and decorated bamboo rakes are also used as good luck charms for businesses (from the sense of gathering good fortune towards the user)
- Synonym: (more general term) レーキ (rēki)
- (historical) a weapon similar in shape to a gardening rake, used to catch and unseat an opponent on horseback
- (by analogy from the sense of a tool used to gather something toward the user) an extremely greedy person
- Synonym: 欲張り (yokubari)
See also
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- “熊手”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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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