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巻物

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ま(き)
Grade: 6
もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
卷物 (kyūjitai)
巻き物
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巻物 (makimono): a horizontal scroll.
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Etymology

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Compound of 巻き (maki, rolling, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind”) +‎ (mono, thing).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(まき)(もの) (makimono

  1. a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
    Synonym: スクロール (sukurōru)
  2. a roll of cloth
  3. a food that has been wound into a shape resembling a scroll, such as a sushi roll or a roll of scrambled eggs
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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN