繰り糸そうし

also: そうし

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

silk reeling; reeling silk

Refers to the process of unwinding silk filament from cocoons. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action.

養よう蚕さん農のう家かでは、繭まゆから糸いとを取とる繰くり糸いとの作さ業ぎょうが行おこなわれている。
At sericulture farms, the work of silk reeling, taking thread from cocoons, is carried out.

彼かの女じょは昔むかしながらの方ほう法ほうで繰くり糸いとをしている。

She is reeling silk in the traditional way.

Written forms

繰くり糸いとUsage75%
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading くりいと.
繰糸Usage25%
- そうし
  Rare kanji spelling associated with the reading そうし. Not commonly used.
- くりいと
  Search-only variant; the reading くりいと is normally written 繰り糸.
そうし

Kanji

繰winding, reel, spin
糸thread

Similar words

製せい糸し
製糸 refers to silk manufacturing more broadly, including reeling and subsequent processing, while 繰り糸 specifically means the reeling step.
繭まゆ
繭 is the silkworm cocoon, the raw material from which silk is reeled.

Etymology

Compound of 繰り (kuri, 'reeling', from verb 繰る) and 糸 (ito, 'thread'). The reading そうし is a Sino-Japanese reading of the same kanji, but its exact derivation is uncertain.