巻物

Japanese
巻物 (makimono): a horizontal scroll.
Kanji in this term
巻 物
ま(き)
Grade: 6		 もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 巻き (maki, “rolling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

巻物 (hiragana まきもの, rōmaji makimono)

  1. a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
  2. a roll of cloth
  3. a food that has been wound into a shape resembling a scroll, such as a sushi roll or a roll of scrambled eggs

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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