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揺り椅子

ゆりいす

N2rocking chair

Examples

祖母は窓辺の揺り椅子で本を読んでいた。

古い揺り椅子が風でゆっくり動いた。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 揺り椅子 (ゆりいす) is a chair designed to rock back and forth. 揺り椅子で marks a reading position; 揺り椅子が動く makes the chair the moving subject.
  • Basic usage: A grandmother reads in a rocking chair by a window; an old chair moves slowly because of the wind.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Chair used by a sitter and chair moving as subject
    • The first marks a place or instrument for reading; the second predicates movement of the chair itself. The rocking function is built into the lexical concept.

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