鎧通し

Japanese
鎧通し (yoroidōshi): An antique Edo-period yoroidōshi in the hirazukuri style.
Kanji in this term
鎧 通
よろい
Jinmeiyō		 とお > どお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 鎧通

Etymology

Compound of 鎧 (yoroi, “armor”) +‎ 通し (tōshi, “passing one thing through another”).[1] The tōshi changes to dōshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鎧通(よろいどう)し • (yoroidōshi) 

  1. (weaponry) a straight and stout short sword used for thrusting, intended to pierce armor
  2. (weaponry) an armor-piercing arrowhead
  3. alternate name for the 目木(めぎ) (megi), common name for evergreen shrubs of genus Berberis

Synonyms
  • (short thrusting sword): 馬手差(めてざし) (metezashi)
  • (arrowhead, in general): 鏃(やじり) (yajiri)
  • (shrub): 目木(めぎ) (megi)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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