すだれ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
簾
簀垂れ
簀垂

Etymology

Compound of 簀 (su, “mat or screen made of reed or bamboo”) +‎ 垂れ (tare, “hanging down”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 垂れる (tareru, “to hang down”)).[1][2][3][4][5] The tare changes to dare as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

すだれ • (sudare) 

  1. [from 759] sudare, a mat or screen made of bamboo or reed, used especially for shielding from the sun

Synonyms
  • 簀(す) (su)
  • (honorific) 御簾(みす) (misu)
  • (honorific) 御簾(ぎょれん) (gyoren)
  • (obsolete) 垂(た)れ簾(す) (taresu)
  • (uncommon) 垂簾(すいれん) (suiren)

References
  1. “簾”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “簾”, 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
  3. “簾”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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