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飛輪 (ひりん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飛ひ輪りん

ひ

り

ん

Meanings

1

noun

poetical term

Poetic term for the sun, used in classical or literary contexts. Not used in everyday speech.

飛ひ輪りんが東ひがしの空そらに昇のぼる。
The sun rises in the eastern sky.

2

noun

Mechanical term for a flywheel or gear. Technical usage.

エンジンの飛ひ輪りんが回かい転てんしている。
The engine's flywheel is rotating.

Kanji

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
輪wheel, ring, circle

Etymology

Compound of 飛 (hi, 'flying') and 輪 (rin, 'wheel, ring'). The poetic 'Sun' sense is a metaphorical extension of a flying wheel across the sky. The mechanical sense is a direct calque from English 'flywheel'.