井守
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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井 | 守 |
い Grade: S |
も(り) Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- (salamandrid): 蠑螈
Etymology
From 井 (i, “well”) + 守り (mori, “protector; guardian”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 守る moru, “to protect, to guard”).
Noun
井守 (hiragana いもり, katakana イモリ, rōmaji imori, historical hiragana ゐもり, historical katakana ヰモリ)
- a salamandrid
- Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”).
- (historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally “well boss”), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system
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