すそ

すそ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
裾

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

Ultimate derivation unclear.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すそ [sùsó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝso̞]

Noun

すそ • (suso) ^{←すそ (suso)?}

1. the bottom edge of a piece of clothing
2. more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing
3. (historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes
4. foothill, the edge of a mountain
5. the downstream area of a river
6. the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board
7. the lower legs and feet of a person's body

References

1. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 1, poem 40), text here
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN