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])
• 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

• 囲炉裏 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Irori on Wikipedia.Wikipedia