割殻

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
わ(れ)
Grade: 6
から
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
割殼 (kyūjitai)
破殻
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Caprella equilibra(クビナガワレカラ), a species of skeleton shrimp(割殻)

Etymology

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(われ) (ware, cracked) + (から) (kara, shell); derived from that its shell cracks when it dried up.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(われ)(から) or 割殻(ワレカラ) (warekara

  1. a skeleton shrimp

Usage notes

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From ancient times, this word was used as a material for waka poetry as a pun upon (われ)から (ware kara, my fault, by myself).

905-912, Kokin Wakashū:
海人(あま)()()()(むし)われから()をこそ()かめ()をばうらみじ
ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no ware kara to ne o koso nakame yo o ba uramiji
Even I may cry "warekara [it's my fault], a bug which lives on the seaweed which fishermen reap", I shall never hate the world.
()ひわびぬ海人(あま)()()にやどるてふ(われ)から()をもくだきつるかな
koi wabinu ama no karu mo ni yadoru chō ware kara mi o mo kudaki tsuru ka na
Suffering in love; warekara [by myself], which is said to stay at the seaweed which fishermen reap; alas I'm crushing even my own body!

References

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