囲炉裏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
囲 炉 裏
い
Grade: 5
(ateji)		 ろ
Grade: S
(ateji)		 り
Grade: 6
(ateji)
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spellings
圍爐裏 (kyūjitai)
居炉裏
囲炉裏 (irori): traditional sunken hearth inside a house at the outskirts of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

Etymology

Possibly from Ainu [Term?]. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いろり [ìrórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɾo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

囲(い)炉(ろ)裏(り) • (irori) ←ゐろり (wirori)?

  1. a traditional sunken hearth or fireplace cut in the middle of a floor
    Synonyms: 炉 (ro), ゆるり (yururi)
    • 1954, Satoshi Kubota (lyrics and music), “Kāsan no uta [Song of the mother]”:
      ふるさとの便(たよ)りはとどく　いろりをにおいがした
      furusato no tayori wa todoku irori o nioi ga shita
      I received [a letter] from my hometown; it smelled of the hearth.

Derived terms
  • 囲炉裏(いろり)端(ばた) (iroribata)
  • 庭(にわ)囲炉裏(いろり) (niwairori)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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