遠乗り

Japanese

Etymology

By surface analysis, 遠(とお) (tō, “far”) + 乗(の)り (nori, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乗(の)る (noru)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とおのり [tòónórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːno̞ɾʲi]

Noun

遠乗(とおの)り • (tōnori)

long ride, long journey
- 1921, 佐藤春夫, 私の父が狸と格闘をした話 [The Story of How My Father Fought a Raccoon Dog]‎^[1]:
  
  ある時(とき)、私(わたし)の父(ちち)が遠乗(とおの)りをして海岸(かいがん)の漁師村(りょうしむら)を通(とお)りすぎようとすると、道(みち)で遊(あそ)んでいた子供(こども)がびっくりした声(こえ)で、「お母(かあ)さん、また二輪車(にりんしゃ)が来(き)たよう！」と、慌(あわ)てて母(はは)を呼(よ)んだ。
  Aru toki, watashi no chichi ga tōnori o shite kaigan no ryōshi-mura o tōrisugiyō to suru to, michi de asondeita kodomo ga bikkuri shita koe de,“o-kā-san, mata nirinsha ga kita yō!” to, awatete haha o yonda.
  On one occasion, when my father was going on a long journey through the coastal fisher's village, some children who were playing in the road said surprisedly, “Mother, the two-wheeler is back!” calling their mother in a panic.

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN