下瀬火薬

Japanese
Kanji in this term
下 瀬 火 薬
しも
Grade: 1		 せ
Grade: S		 か
Grade: 1		 やく
Grade: 3
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
下瀨火藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 下瀬 (Shimose, surname of the inventor, Japanese naval engineer Shimose Masachika (1860–1911)) +‎ 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire + drug, chemical”).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Invented in 1888.[3][5][6]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しもせか​やく [shìmósé káꜜyàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕimo̞se̞ ka̠ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

下(しも)瀬(せ)火(か)薬(やく) • (Shimose kayaku) ←しもせくわやく (simosekwayaku)?

  1. Shimose powder, a kind of picric acid-based explosive

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “下瀬火薬”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. “下瀬火薬”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  6. “下瀬火薬”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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