井守

Japanese
井守 (imori): a salamander or newt.
Kanji in this term
井 守
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Grade: S		 も(り)
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 井 (i, “well”) +‎ 守り (mori, “protector; guardian”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 守る moru, “to protect, to guard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

井守 (hiragana いもり, katakana イモリ, rōmaji imori, historical hiragana ゐもり, historical katakana ヰモリ)

  1. a salamandrid
  2. Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”).
  3. (historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally “well boss”), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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