き【すまき】

Frequency rank: 30,783. – 31,057.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat
  2. wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)historical term
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  • き【すまき】Frequency rank: 30,783. – 31,057.
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  • すき【すまき】
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Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat
    2. This meaning describes the action of enclosing or packaging something using a bamboo mat, often for storage or protection.
    The food I brought home from the restaurant was wrapped in a bamboo mat and placed in the refrigerator.
    To protect the plants from the rain, I wrapped them in bamboo mats.
  2. wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
    3. This meaning refers to a historical method of punishment during the Edo period, where a person would be wrapped in a bamboo mat and discarded into a river, signifying a severe penalty for offenses.
    In the past, criminals were sometimes wrapped and thrown into the river.
    During the Edo period, the punishment of wrapping in a bamboo mat was feared.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to wrap in a bamboo matto be wrapped in a bamboo matpunishment of being wrapped in a bamboo matto wrap and dispose of someonewrapped in a bamboo mat (past tense)Edo-period wrapping in a bamboo mathabit of wrapping in a bamboo matmethod of wrapping in a bamboo mat
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