yakanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The same phenomenon happened with "yakan,"(kettle) or 薬缶 in Chinese characters; it literally means 'medicine can' and was originally used for decocting medicines; however it was used for boiling water as well and people continued to use the original name "yakan" for it.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

薬缶を薬煎じの目的以外で、単に湯を沸かす容器の名称に使い続けても、名称は“薬缶”のままである現象と同じことが起こったのである。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

(abbreviation)...it is called inarizushi or shinoda-zushi, both of which are the names relating to a fox, as yakan (another name of fox) is fond of aburaage.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

「（中略）なづけて稲荷鮨、或は篠田鮨といい、ともに狐に因ある名にて、野干（狐の異称）は油揚げを好む者故に名とす。」 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

According to the expository writing of "Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro," the 'Furu-utsubo' (an old quiver) used to belong to Yoshiaki MIURA who shot yakan (Buddhist legendary animals, which initially referred to jackals in India and later foxes in Japan) in Nasunogahara fields.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

『百器徒然袋』の解説文によれば、この「古空穂」は元は那須野ヶ原で野干を射たという三浦義明の空穂だったとある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス