恵方巻

Japanese
恵方巻 (ehōmaki): four rolls of ehōmaki sushi.
Kanji in this term
恵 方 巻
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Grade: S		 ほう
Grade: 2		 ま(き)
Grade: 6

Etymology

Compound of 恵方 (ehō, “favorable direction”) +‎ 巻 (maki, “roll”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll something up”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えほーまき [èhóómákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ho̞ːma̠kʲi]

Noun

恵方巻 (hiragana えほうまき, rōmaji ehōmaki, historical hiragana えはうまき)

  1. a large sushi roll eaten while facing in a favorable direction at 節 (せつ)分 (ぶん) (setsubun)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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