Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ようらん [yòóráń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɾ̠ã̠ɴ]

Noun

揺籃 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 搖籃, hiragana ようらん, romaji yōran, historical hiragana えうらん)

1. (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
2. (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something

   揺籃 (ようらん)の地 (ち)

   yōran no chi

   place of the beginning^[2]

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compound of 揺 ‎(yuri, “rocking”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) +‎ 籃 ‎(kago, “basket”).^[3]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ゆりかご [yùríkágó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [jɯᵝɾika̠ɡ̃o̞]

Alternative forms

• 揺り籠 (more common spelling)

Noun

揺籃 ‎(hiragana ゆりかご, romaji yurikago)

1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan