巻物

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or drawing that unrolls horizontally
  • 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

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 巻く (wind up, tuck, coil, roll, rolling) + Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese stem or continuative form of verb ja-l + Japanese 巻く maku, “to roll, to wind” + Japanese 物 (thing, things).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

thing, things

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Person/Thing

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