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揺りかご (ゆりかご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

揺ゆりかご

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

cradle; rocking cradle

usually written using kana alone

A bed for a baby that can be rocked, or metaphorically the place or environment where something originates.

See also: 揺籃

赤あかちゃんを揺ゆりかご

に

寝ね

かせ

て

、

そっと

揺ゆ

らし

た

。

I laid the baby in the cradle and gently rocked it.

この町まちは日本にほんの近きん代だい工こう業ぎょうの揺ゆりかごと言いわれている。

This town is said to be the cradle of modern Japanese industry.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を揺ゆりかごに入いれるto put someone (a baby) into the cradle
母ははは赤あかちゃんを揺ゆりかごに入いれた。
The mother put the baby into the cradle.
揺ゆりかごで〈人ひと〉を揺ゆらすto rock someone (a baby) in the cradle
父ちちは揺ゆりかごで赤あかちゃんを揺ゆらして寝ねかせた。
The father rocked the baby in the cradle to sleep.
揺ゆりかごから墓はか場ばまでfrom cradle to grave (throughout one's whole life)
この国くには揺ゆりかごから墓はか場ばまでの社しゃ会かい保ほ障しょうを目め指ざしている。
This country aims for social security from cradle to grave.

Kanji

揺swing, shake, sway
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
籃basket

Related words

揺よう籃らん
揺籃 is a formal, literary word for cradle often used metaphorically (as in 'the cradle of civilization'), while 揺りかご is the everyday, concrete word for a rocking baby bed.
ベビーベッド
ベビーベッド refers to any baby bed or crib, whereas 揺りかご specifically implies a bed that can be rocked.

Counted with

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

Built from

揺ゆる+かご

Written forms

揺ゆりかごUsage24%
search-only kanji form
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling. It is usually written in kana.
ゆりかごUsage59%
Kana spelling is the most common and recommended form.
揺ゆり籠かごUsage11%
Full kanji spelling using 籠. Seen in some contexts but less common than the mixed or kana forms.
揺ゆり籠かご

Etymology

Compound of 揺り (yuri, 'rocking', from 揺る yuru) + かご (kago, 'basket'). Literally a 'rocking basket'.

Usage3%

search-only kanji form

ユリカゴUsage2%

揺ゆり籃かごUsage1%

rarely-used kanji form

Rare kanji form using 籃. It is rarely used.