下瀬火薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下 瀬 火 薬
しも
Grade: 1 		せ
Grade: S 		か
Grade: 1 		やく
Grade: 3
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
下瀨火藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 下瀬 (Shimose, surname of the inventor, Japanese naval engineer Shimose Masachika (1860–1911)) +‎ 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire + drug, chemical”).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Invented in 1888.[3][5][6]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しもせかやく [shìmósé káꜜyàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕimo̞se̞ ka̠ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

下(しも)瀬(せ)火(か)薬(やく) • (Shimose kayaku) ←しもせくわやく (simosekwayaku)?

  1. Shimose powder, a kind of picric acid-based explosive

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ “下瀬火薬”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 “下瀬火薬”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 “下瀬火薬”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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