鳴門

Chinese
to cry (of birds)
 
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (鳴門) 鳴 門
simp. (鸣门) 鸣 门

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳴門 (Naruto).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

鳴門

  1. (～市) Naruto (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
鳴 門
な(る)
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鳴戸

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 鳴る (naru, “to ring, roar, sound”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, door”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なると [nàrútó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

鳴(なる)門(と) or 鳴門(ナルト) • (naruto) 

  1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
  2. Short for 鳴門巻き (narutomaki): a kamaboko fishcake with a whirlpool design
  3. (cooking) a technique in which ingredients are cut in spiral patterns
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
鳴 門
な(る)
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Etymology 1 above.

The “edible seaweed” sense is associated with 鳴門若布 (Naruto wakame), which is traditionally made in Naruto, Tokushima.

Proper noun

鳴(なる)門(と) • (Naruto) 

  1. Short for 鳴門市 (Naruto-shi): A city in northwestern Tokushima Prefecture
  2. Short for 鳴門海峡 (Naruto-kaikyō): Naruto Strait, famous for its eponymous whirlpools
  3. a surname
Derived terms
  • 鳴(なる)門(と)海峡(かいきょう) (Naruto-kaikyō)
  • 鳴(ナル)門(ト)蜜(ミ)柑(カン) (naruto mikan)
  • 鳴(なる)門(と)若(わか)布(め) (Naruto wakame)
  • 大(おお)鳴(なる)門(と)橋(きょう) (Ōnaruto-kyō)

Noun

鳴(なる)門(と) • (Naruto) 

  1. (cooking, colloquial) edible 若布 (wakame) seaweed used for cooking

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

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 鳴る (naru, “to ring, roar, sound”) +‎ 門 (to1, “gate, door”).

Noun

鳴門 (naruto1) (kana なると)

  1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3638:
      , text here
      巨礼也己能名爾於布奈流門能宇頭之保爾多麻毛可流登布安麻乎等女杼毛
      ko2re ya ko2no2 na ni opu naruto1 no2 udusipo ni tamamo karu to2pu ama woto2me1-do2mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants
  • Japanese: 鳴門, 鳴戸 (naruto)
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