Firmament - Cucumber

Japanese: 穹窿 - きゅうりゅう

〘noun〙 (meaning something that is high in the middle and forms a bow shape) 1. A vast sky that appears to be shaped like a bow. The heavens. The blue firmament. ※Seiganshu - Heishu (1837) Yi Baikangshu _II , Possessing the High Sky and Looking Up at the Guanzhong Formation "The heavens and the vault surround _{the vast} plains, and people are surrounded by smoke _{and the double} city _. " [Zhou Bida - with a poem written for Gao Zhong's Hall] 2. Something that is bow-shaped. Often used to refer to buildings. Arch-shaped. Vault-shaped. ※Doihon Shui Sho (1477) vol. 1 "The shape of the sky is a vault, and it is said to be curved." ※Impromptu Poet (1901) (translated by Mori Ogai) Tunnel, Chigo "The entrance from the tomb in the vault inside the temple of St. Sebastiano." [Zhang Heng - Xijing Fu] 3. A bow-shaped ceiling. A round ceiling. A dome. ※Kappa (1927) ( Akutagawa Ryunosuke) vol. 14 "A Gothic-style vault, and an Arabian-style checkered floor."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (中央が高く弓形をなす意)① 弓形に見える大空。天空。蒼穹(そうきゅう)。※星巖集‐丙集（1837）夷白盦集二・憑高望関中形勢「天勢穹窿囲_二大野_一、人煙匝繞_二重城_一」〔周必大‐寄題高仲一虁殿撰詩〕② 弓形をしたもの。多く、建造物についていう。アーチ形。穹窿形。※土井本周易抄（1477）一「天の形は穹窿、そりまがると云形ぞ」※即興詩人（1901）〈森鴎外訳〉隧道、ちご「聖セバスチヤノ寺の内なる穹窿の墓穴よりの入口と」〔張衡‐西京賦〕③ 弓形をした天井。丸天井。ドーム。※河童（1927）〈芥川龍之介〉一四「ゴシック風の穹窿(キュウリュウ)、アラビアじみた市松模様の床」

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