鳥黐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥	黐
とり Grade: 2	もち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黐

Etymology

Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) +‎ 黐 (mochi, “birdlime, a glue-like substance used to trap birds and other small animals”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Birdlime was originally called just 黐 (mochi), which term is still in use. To disambiguate, the more specific term 鳥取黐 (tori tori mochi, literally “bird catching mochi”) arose in roughly the Kamakura Period, shortening later in roughly the Muromachi Period to just 鳥黐 (torimochi).^[5]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とりもち [tòrímóchí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[6]^[4]
(Tokyo) とりもち [tòrímóꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]^[6]^[4]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲimo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

鳥(とり)黐(もち) • (torimochi)

birdlime (adhesive substance used for trapping birds)
Synonym: 黐 (mochi)

Derived terms

鳥黐(とりもち)の木(き) (torimochi no ki): alternative for 黐の木 (mochi no ki, “Ilex integra, the mochi tree, a variety of holly”); alternative for 山車 (yamaguruma, “Trochodendron aralioides, the wheel tree”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN, explanatory text at the bottom here in the [語誌] section (in Japanese)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[5] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN, explanatory text at the bottom here in the [語誌] section (in Japanese)

[NHK-6] 6.0 ^6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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