乱れ刃
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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乱 | 刃 |
みだ Grade: 6 | は > ば Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 乱れ (midare, “disorder”) + 刃 (ha, “edge of a blade”).
The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) みだれば [mìdáréꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲida̠ɾe̞ba̠]
Noun
乱れ刃 (hiragana みだれば, rōmaji midareba)
- a curved temper line on a blade
- Synonym: 乱れ焼き刃 (midareyakiba)
- Antonym: 直刃 (suguha)
- Hypernym: 刃文 (hamon)
See also
- 乱れ焼き (midareyaki)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN