かちぐり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
勝栗勝ち栗搗栗 (uncommon) 搗ち栗 (uncommon)

Etymology

From 搗(か)ち (kachi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 搗(か)つ (katsu).”) + 栗(くり) (kuri). The kuri changes to guri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かちぐり [kàchíꜜgùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡ɕiɡɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

かちぐり • (kachiguri) ^{←かちぐり (katiguri)^?}

dried chestnut

Usage notes

Associated with the New Year.
Also associated with victory in war via punning on 勝(か)ち (kachi, “victory”).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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