木彫り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木 彫
き
Grade: 1 		ほ > ぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
木彫

Etymology

From 木(き) (ki, “wood”) + 彫(ぼ)り (bori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 彫(ほ)る (horu).”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きぼり [kìbórí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲibo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

木(き)彫(ぼ)り • (kibori) 

  1. wood carving

Synonyms

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