ゴム輪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輪
Grade: 4
Alternative spelling
護謨輪

Etymology

ゴム (gomu, “rubber”) + 輪(わ) (wa, “wheel; band; circle”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ゴム輪(わ) • (gomuwa) 

  1. rubber band; elastic band
    Synonym: ゴムバンド (gomu bando)
  2. rubber tyres on carts, rickshaws, etc.
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 38, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      今(いま)のように護謨輪(ゴムわ)のない時分(じぶん)でしたから、がらがらいう厭(いや)な響(ひび)きがかなりの距離(きょり)でも耳(みみ)に立(た)つのです。
      Ima no yō ni gomuwa no nai jibun deshita kara, garagara iu iya na hibiki ga kanari no kyori demo mimi ni tatsu no desu.
      Unlike now, there were no rubber tyres in those days, so the awful rattling could be heard from quite far away.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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