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浮き彫り

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ほ > ぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
浮彫り
浮彫

Etymology

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Compound of 浮き (uki, floating, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) +‎ 彫り (hori, carving, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (ukibori

  1. relief (a type of carving)
  2. sharp contrast, being brought into relief

References

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