乱れ麻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乱	麻
みだ Grade: 6	お Grade: S

Alternative spellings
亂れ麻 (kyūjitai) 乱麻

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲida̠ɾe̞o̞]

Noun

乱(みだ)れ麻(お) • (midareo)

(archaic) tangled thread or yarn
Synonym: 乱れ緒 (midareo)
- 1891, Kamochi Masazumi, editor, Man'yōshū‎, section 3272:
  
  思(おも)ひ乱(みだ)れて　乱(みだ)れ麻(を)の　麻笥(をけ)を無(な)みと
  omoi midarete midareo no oke o nami to
  without thoughts disordered like a tangled skein of thread

References

Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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