もろは

Japanese

Alternative spellings
諸刃
両刃

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1][2][3]

Compound of 諸 (moro, “both, double”) +‎ 刃 (ha, “blade”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もろは [mòróhá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ha̠]

Noun

もろは • (moroha) ←もろは (morofa)?

  1. [from 759] double-bladedness
  2. [from 759] a sword or knife that is double-bladed

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “諸刃・両刃”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “もろは”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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