浮き彫り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
浮 彫
う
Grade: S		 ほ > ぼ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
浮彫り
浮彫

Etymology

Compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 浮く uku, “to float, to rise”) +‎ 彫り (hori, “carving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 彫る horu, “to carve, to dig out”). The hori changes to bori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) うきぼり [ùkíbórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲibo̞ɾʲi]

    Noun

    浮(う)き彫(ぼ)り • (ukibori) 

    1. relief (a type of carving)
    2. sharp contrast, being brought into relief

    References
    1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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