鎧直垂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よろい
Jinmeiyō
ひた
Grade: 2
た(れ)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

/joroɸi hitatare//joroi hitatare/

Compound of (yoroi, armor) + 直垂 (hitatare, a two-piece set of clothing consisting of a thin single-layer robe on top, closed in front with a drawstring, tucked into hakama trousers).[1][2][3] The term appears in texts from the 1200s.[1]

Occasionally encountered with the reading yoroi-bitatare, where the hitatare changes to bitatare as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろいひたたれ [yòróíhíꜜtàtàrè] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɾo̞içita̠ta̠ɾe̞]

Noun

(よろい)(ひた)(たれ) (yoroi hitatare) よろひひたたれ (yorofifitatare)?

  1. a kind of narrow-sleeved hitatare worn as a layer under armor
    Synonym: (literally “four drawstrings) 四つの括り (yotsu no kukuri)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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