鎧通し

鎧通し

Japanese

鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.

Kanji in this term
鎧	通
よろい Jinmeiyō	とお > どお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 鎧通

Etymology

Compound of 鎧 (yoroi, “armor”) +‎ 通し (tōshi, “passing one thing through another”).[1] The tōshi changes to dōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) よろいど​おし [yòróídóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞ido̞ːɕi]

Noun

鎧通(よろいどう)し • (yoroidōshi) 

1. (weaponry) a straight and stout short sword used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
2. (weaponry) an armor-piercing arrowhead
3. alternate name for the 目木(めぎ) (megi), common name for evergreen shrubs of genus Berberis

Synonyms

• (short thrusting sword): 馬手差(めてざし) (metezashi)
• (arrowhead, in general): 鏃(やじり) (yajiri)
• (shrub): 目木(めぎ) (megi)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN