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毬栗

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いが
Jinmeiyō
くり > ぐり
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
いがぐり (sense 1): chestnuts in burrs

Etymology

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From (いが) (iga, burr, seed pod) + (くり) (kuri, chestnut). The kuri changes to guri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いが)(ぐり) (igaguri

  1. burred chestnut
  2. Short for 毬栗頭 (igaguri atama, a closely cropped hairstyle).
  3. (regional, Ehime prefecture) sea urchin

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN