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鎧通し

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鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.
Kanji in this term
よろい
Jinmeiyō
とお > どお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of (yoroi, armor) +‎ 通し (tōshi, passing one thing through another).[1] The tōshi changes to dōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鎧通(よろいどう) (yoroidōshi

  1. (weaponry) a straight and stout short sword used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
  2. (weaponry) an armor-piercing arrowhead
  3. alternate name for the 目木(めぎ) (megi), common name for evergreen shrubs of genus Berberis

Synonyms

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