唐臼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐 臼
から
Grade: S 		うす
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

唐(から) (kara-, “China”) + 臼(うす) (usu, “mortar”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) からうす [kàráúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠ɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

唐(から)臼(うす) • (karausu) 

  1. foot-operated pestle with a partially buried mortar, used to polish rice

References

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