すかり

noun

net for caught fish; net-like tassel on Buddhist prayer beads

Refers to a small net used to hold caught fish, and by extension the decorative net-like tassel on Buddhist rosaries (数珠). Both readings すかり and すがり are used.

• 釣つった魚さかなをすかりに入いれて川かわに浸つけておく。

  Put the caught fish in the net and keep it in the river.

• 数じゅ珠ずのすかりが美うつくしい。

  The net-like tassel of the Buddhist prayer beads is beautiful.

noun

Vespula flaviceps (yellowjacket)

Only with reading すがり

Dialectal (Tōhoku) word for a species of yellowjacket wasp. Only read as すがり.

See also: 黒雀蜂

• 東とう北ほくでは、すがりという蜂はちがよく見みられる。

  In Tōhoku, a wasp called sugari is often seen.

noun

ant

Only with reading すがり

Dialectal (Kyūshū) word for ant. Only read as すがり.

See also: 蟻

• 九きゅう州しゅうの一いち部ぶでは、蟻ありのことをすがりと言いう。

  In parts of Kyūshū, ants are called sugari.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

easily; smoothly

Only with reading すかり

Onomatopoeic/mimetic adverb describing something done without resistance or difficulty. Often used with と. Only read as すかり.

• すかりと布ぬのが切きれた。

  The cloth cut easily.