月つきの輪わ

noun

moon; full moon

Refers to the moon, especially a full moon, often in poetic or descriptive contexts.

• 今こん夜やは月つきの輪わがきれいに見みえる。

  Tonight, the full moon looks beautiful.

noun

moon-shaped circle; circle like the moon

A circular shape or design resembling the moon, used in patterns or decorations.

• 着き物ものに月つきの輪わの模も様ようが入はいっている。

  The kimono has a moon-shaped circle pattern.

noun

decorative ring on a monk's stole

A specific Buddhist term for the ring-shaped ornament on the chest of a 袈裟 (kesa, monk's stole).

See also: 袈裟

• 袈け裟さの胸むな元もとにある月つきの輪わは、修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうの象しょう徴ちょうの一ひとつだ。

  The decorative ring on the chest of the monk's stole is one of the symbols of a trainee monk.

noun

straw trivet

A circular straw mat used as a trivet or pot stand, named for its moon-like shape.

• 熱あつい鍋なべを月つきの輪わの上うえに置おいてください。

  Please put the hot pot on the straw trivet.

noun

white crescent chest patch of an Asiatic black bear

Refers to the distinctive white crescent marking on the chest of the Asiatic black bear (月の輪熊).

See also: 月の輪熊

• 月つきの輪わ熊ぐまの名な前まえは、胸むねにある月つきの輪わのような白しろい模も様ように由ゆ来らいする。

  The name 'moon bear' comes from the white crescent-shaped marking on its chest.