じょろ

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jorro.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

じょろ • (joro) 

  1. watering can (utensil for watering plants)

Usage notes

Occasionally found with the ateji spelling of 如露. The longer pronunciation じょうろ (jōro) appears to be more common.

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
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