じょろ
Japanese
Alternative forms
- ジョロ, じょうろ, ジョーロ
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese jorro.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
じょろ • (joro)
- watering can (utensil for watering plants)
Usage notes
Occasionally found with the ateji spelling of 如露. The longer pronunciation じょうろ (jōro) appears to be more common.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN