巻物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
巻	物
ま(き) Grade: 6	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
卷物 (kyūjitai) 巻き物

巻物 (makimono): a horizontal scroll.

Etymology

Compound of 巻き (maki, “rolling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まきもの [màkímónó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠kʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

巻(まき)物(もの) • (makimono)

a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
Synonym: スクロール (sukurōru)
a roll of cloth
a food that has been wound into a shape resembling a scroll, such as a sushi roll or a roll of scrambled eggs

Related terms

掛物(かけもの) (kakemono): a hanging scroll, a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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