uke-e

Pronunciation: /ˈuːkeɪˌeɪ/

The English word “uke-e” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A kind of ukiyo-e (“Japanese painting or woodblock print showing a scene of everyday life”) depicting an auspicious subject, which was popular in Japan during the late 1800s.

Etymology

Transliteration of Japanese 有卦絵 (うけえ, ukee), from 有卦 (うけ, uke, “streak of luck”) (有 (う, u, “to have, possess”) + 卦 (け, ke, “divination symbol or sign”)) + 絵 (え, e, “picture”).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “uke-e” there

More English words

ukase
ukay-ukay
Uke
uke
ukelin
ukemi
UKer
ukha

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.