刈り根

Japanese
Kanji in this term
刈 根
か
Grade: S		 ね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 刈根

Etymology

From 刈り (kari, stem form of 刈る (karu), "to cut, mow") +‎ 根 (ne, “root”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かりね [kàríné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾʲine̞]

Noun

刈(か)り根(ね) • (karine) 

  1. (agriculture) stubble left from cut grass or other plant
    • 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 13, poem 806; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 88)
      難(なに)波(は)江(え)の葦(あし)のかりねの一(ひと)夜(よ)故(ゆゑ)みをつくしてや恋(こひ)わたるべき
      Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue mi o tsukushite ya koi wataru beki
      For the sake of a night short as the nodes of the reeds of Naniwa[,] must I live on, my flesh wasted with longing?[2]

Usage notes

Used as a wordplay for 仮寝 (karine, “sleeping away from home”).

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kenneth Rexroth (1964) One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, illustrated edition, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 74
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