筒井筒
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Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 筒 | 井 | 筒 |
| つつ Grade: S |
い Grade: 4 |
つつ > づつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
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The figurative sense of "childhood friends" is derived from a story in the Ise Monogatari about two childhood friends who would play together by a well in their youth.
Pronunciation
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[edit]筒井筒 • (tsutsuizutsu) ←つつゐづつ (tutwidutu)?
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- Japanese terms spelled with 筒 read as つつ
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