食らい物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	物
く Grade: 2	もの Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
食物

Etymology

Compound of 食(く)らい (kurai, “eating, drinking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(く)らう (kurau, “to eat, to drink”, informal)) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くらいもの [kùráímóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾa̠imo̞no̞]

Noun

食(く)らい物(もの) • (kuraimono) ^{←くらひもの (kurafimono)^?}

(rare, possibly obsolete) food; food and beverage

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN