恵方巻

Japanese
Kanji in this term
恵 方 巻
え
Grade: S		 ほう
Grade: 2		 ま(き)
Grade: 6
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
惠方卷 (kyūjitai)
恵方巻き

Etymology

Compound of 恵(え)方(ほう) (ehō, “favorable direction”) + 巻(まき) (maki, “roll”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 巻(ま)く (maku, “to roll something up”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えほーまき [èhóómákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ho̞ːma̠kʲi]

Noun

恵(え)方(ほう)巻(まき) • (ehōmaki) ←ゑはうまき (wefaumaki)?

  1. a large sushi roll eaten while facing in a favorable direction at 節(せつ)分(ぶん) (setsubun)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.