弓ゆみ張はり

noun

stringing a bow; bow stringer

Refers to the act of stringing a bow or a person who strings bows. This is a literal, traditional use.

• 弓ゆみ張はりは、弓ゆみの弦つるを張はる職しょく人にんのことだ。

  A yumihari is a craftsman who strings bows.

noun

half-moon

Abbreviation of 弓張り月 (yumihari-zuki), a poetic term for a half-moon shaped like a drawn bow. Used mainly in literary or traditional contexts.

See also: 弓張月

• 「弓ゆみ張はり」は、弓ゆみ張はり月づきの略りゃく称しょうとして和わ歌かなどで使つかわれる。

  Yumihari is used as an abbreviation for yumihari-zuki in waka poetry and similar contexts.

noun

bow-handled paper lantern

Abbreviation of 弓張り提灯 (yumihari-chōchin), a paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle. Historical object; rarely encountered in modern daily life.

See also: 弓張り提灯

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、夜よ道みちを行ゆく人ひとが弓張ゆみはり提灯ちょうちんを持もっているのを見みかける。

  In period dramas, you see people carrying bow-handled paper lanterns on night roads.