櫓声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫓	声
ろ Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 櫓聲 (lu^X syeng, literally “oar + sound”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ろせー [ròséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾo̞se̞ː]

Alternative forms

艪声

Noun

櫓声 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 櫓聲, hiragana ろせい, rōmaji rosei)

the sound of rowing a boat, particularly the kind of boat with one single oar attached at the stern, rowed by pushing the oar back and forth

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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