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くるみ割り (くるみわり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

くるみ割わり

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Meanings

1

noun

nutcracker

A tool for cracking open walnuts or other nuts.

くるみ割わりでくるみを割わる。
I crack walnuts with a nutcracker.

Written forms

くるみ割わりUsage97%
Common kana-kanji mixed spelling; the kanji 胡桃 is less common in modern usage.
くるみわりUsage3%
胡桃くるみ割わり
Kanji spelling using 胡桃 for walnut; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

胡barbarian, foreign

peach

割proportion, comparatively, divide

Etymology

Compound of くるみ (walnut) and 割り (cracking, splitting).