浮き彫り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮 彫
う
Grade: S		 ほ > ぼ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 浮彫り, 浮彫

Etymology

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) +‎ 彫り (hori, “carving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

浮き彫り (hiragana うきぼり, rōmaji ukibori)

  1. relief (a type of carving)
  2. sharp contrast, being brought into relief

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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