鎧通し

Japanese

鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.

Kanji in this term
鎧	通
よろい Jinmeiyō	とお > どお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

鎧通

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よろいどおし [yòróídóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ido̞ːɕi]

Noun

鎧通し (hiragana よろいどうし, rōmaji yoroidōshi)

(weaponry) a straight and stout short sword used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
(weaponry) an armor-piercing arrowhead
alternate name for the 目 (め)木 (ぎ) (megi), common name for evergreen shrubs of genus Berberis

Synonyms

(short thrusting sword): 馬手差 (めてざし) (metezashi)
(arrowhead, in general): 鏃 (やじり) (yajiri)
(shrub): 目 (め)木 (ぎ) (megi)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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