くじり

Japanese
Alternative spellings
抉り
挑り (uncommon)
觿 (rare)
觹 (rare)
觽 (rare)
くじり (kujiri): a sailor using a wooden fid to repair a snag on a mooring line.

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb くじる (“to stick into something and open it up, such as a knot or a hole”)..

As a standalone noun, first cited to the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of 934.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

くじり • (kujiri) 

  1. [from 934] a fid: a tool made of wood, bone, horn, or ivory and used to untie knots and work with cordage
  2. [from 1603] a kind of awl made of horn
    Synonyms: つのぎり (tsunogiri, specifically an awl made of horn), 錐 (kiri, any kind of awl)

Verb

くじり • (kujiri) 

  1. [from 794] stem or continuative form of くじる (kujiru, “to stick into something and open it up, such as a knot or a hole”) [godan]

References
  1. “抉・挑・觿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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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