西瓜割り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西 瓜 割
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō Grade: 6
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 西瓜 (suika, “watermelon”) +‎ 割り (wari, “splitting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 割る waru, "to split").

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) すいかわり [sùíkáwárí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • (Tokyo) すいか​わり [sùíkáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [sɨᵝika̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Alternative forms

Noun

西瓜割り (hiragana すいかわり, rōmaji suikawari, historical hiragana すいくわわり)

  1. a traditional Japanese game that involves splitting a watermelon with a stick whilst blindfolded

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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