Swallowtail - Enbi

Japanese: 燕尾 - えんび

〘Noun〙① A swallow 's tail. ② A type of tassel attached to a crown. Refers to a tassel with a circular end. Since the Middle Ages, it has been used when a person is given the crown. ※ Ekeshidai (around 1111) 20 "Next, the person who is given the crown _{stands and} enters the seat, and the crown holder ties _two tails on his _forehead ." ③ (Misuse of ②) Refers to a tassel . ※Storybook/Shikatabanashi (1671) 3 "Long ago, there was a person who saw something called an enbi (swallowtail) on the top of the monk's crest and wondered if it was an eboshi (wild goose-legged arrowhead) ." ④ Named after the shape of the arrowhead, a type of karimata arrowhead. ⑤ Two long, narrow strips of cloth hung side by side in the center of the top of a hanging scroll mounting. ⑥ = swallow-tailed hat (Nippo Jisho (1603-04)) ⑦ In Nanga, this refers to a way of drawing bamboo leaves. The two leaves of a bamboo plant that resemble a swallow's tail.

Tsubame-o ...o [Swallow-tailed]

A long, thin fish tail that is split into two like a swallow's tail. The swallow-tailed tail of a fish.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 燕(つばめ)の尾。② 冠に付属する纓(えい)の一種。纓尻(えじり)が円形である纓をいう。中世以来、加冠の際に用いる。※江家次第（1111頃）二〇「次加冠立_レ座進入、冠者額結_二尾_一」③ (②を誤用して) 纓(えい)をいう。※咄本・私可多咄（1671）三「昔、法頂のかづく燕尾(エンビ)といふ物をみて、あれはゑぼしといふかととふ者有」④ 鏃(やじり)の形状による名称で、雁股(かりまた)の鏃の一種。⑤ 掛軸の表装で、上部の中央に並べて垂らした二条の細長い布。⑥ ＝えんびぼう（燕尾帽）〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕⑦ 南画で、竹の葉の描き方の一法をいう。竹の葉が二枚出ている様のうち、燕の尾に似た方のもの。