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もやい杭 (もやいぐい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

もやい杭ぐい

Meanings

1

noun

mooring pole; mooring post

A pole or post on a dock or shore used to tie up a boat.

船ふねをもやい杭ぐいにしっかりと結むすんだ。
I tied the boat securely to the mooring pole.

Written forms

もやい杭ぐい
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; the kana portion avoids rare kanji 舫.
舫もやい杭ぐい
Full kanji spelling using 舫, which is uncommon and may be unfamiliar to many readers.

Kanji

舫moor, berth
杭stake, post, picket

Etymology

Compound of もやい (mooring, from verb もやう 'to tie up a boat') and 杭 (くい, 'stake, post').