糸繰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸	繰
いと Grade: 1	く(り) Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
絲繰 (kyūjitai) 糸繰り

Etymology

Literally, “thread winding”, 糸(いと) (ito, “thread”) + 繰(く)り (kuri, “winding, reeling, spinning”)

Noun

糸(いと)繰(くり) • (itokuri) 

1. the drawing of thread from silk cocoons or cotton flowers
2. (by extension) someone who spins silk or cotton
3. Synonym of 糸枠 (itowaku, “a thread spool”)
4. Synonym of 苧環 (odamaki, “fantail columbine, Aquilegia flabellata”)
5. Synonym of 轡虫 (kutsuwamushi, “giant katydid, Mecopoda niponensis”)
6. Synonym of 千鳥 (chidori, “plover”)
7. Synonym of 糸撚鯛 (itoyoridai, “golden threadfin bream, Nemipterus virgatus”)