もろは

Japanese

Alternative spellings
諸刃両刃

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1][2][3]

Compound of 諸 (moro, “both, double”) +‎ 刃 (ha, “blade”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もろは [mòróhá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ha̠]

Noun

もろは • (moroha) ^{←もろは (morofa)^?}

[from 759] double-bladedness
[from 759] a sword or knife that is double-bladed

Coordinate terms

片(かた)刃(は) (kataha, “single-bladedness; single-bladed sword or knife”)

Derived terms

諸刃(もろは)の剣(つるぎ) (moroha no tsurugi)

References

“諸刃・両刃”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
“もろは”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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