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hori-hori

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
hori-hori
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese weeding knife

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese, ultimately from verb 掘る (horu, “to dig”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hori-horis (plural)

Questions

What does hori-hori mean?
A Japanese weeding knife
Where does hori-hori come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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