開け胡麻
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 開 | 胡 | 麻 |
| ひら Grade: 3 |
ご Jinmeiyō |
ま Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 開けゴマ |
Etymology
From 開け (hirake, imperative form of 開く (hiraku, “to open”)) + 胡麻 (goma, “sesame”), calque of French sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.
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