西瓜割り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
西 瓜 割
すい
Grade: 2		 か
Jinmeiyō		 わ
Grade: 6
on’yomi kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 西瓜 (suika, “watermelon”) +‎ 割り (wari, “splitting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 割る waru, "to split").

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すいかわり [sùíkáwárí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) すいか​わり [sùíkáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝika̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

西(すい)瓜(か)割(わ)り • (suikawari) ←すいくわわり (suikwawari)?

  1. a traditional Japanese game that involves splitting a watermelon with a stick whilst blindfolded

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