弓ゆみ矢や

also: きゅうし

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the weapon itself, the combination of bow and arrows. Used in historical, martial, and everyday contexts.

Only with reading ゆみや

Figurative or extended use: weaponry in general, often in literary or historical contexts. Restricted to the reading ゆみや.

〈人ひと〉が弓ゆみ矢やを取とるfor someone to take up arms (go to war)
武ぶ士したちは弓ゆみ矢やを取とって戦せん場じょうに向むかった。
The samurai took up arms and headed for the battlefield.
〈人ひと〉が弓ゆみ矢やで射いるfor someone to shoot (something) with a bow and arrow
猟りょう師しは弓ゆみ矢やで獲え物ものを射いた。
The hunter shot the game with his bow and arrow.

武ぶ器きN2sense 2
武器 is the general, modern word for any weapon, while 弓矢 in its figurative sense refers specifically to arms in a literary or historical register.

弓ゆみN1sense 1
弓 refers only to the bow itself, while 弓矢 refers to the combined weapon of bow and arrows.
矢やN1sense 1
矢 refers only to the arrow, while 弓矢 refers to the bow and arrow together as a set.

弓矢Usage100%
- ゆみや
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- きゅうし
  Rare Sino-Japanese reading of 弓矢; not commonly used in modern Japanese.
弓ゆみ箭や
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
きゅうし

Compound of 弓 (yumi, 'bow') and 矢 (ya, 'arrow'). The reading ゆみや is a kun'yomi compound; きゅうし is the on'yomi reading, rarely used.