わせ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. neawase; Heian period game of pulling out sweet flags and competing over whose plant has the longest roots
Kanji used
root
come together
Pitch accent
わせ
Composed of
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
① 合わせること。② 同類の二つのものの優劣を争うこと。③ 釣りで当たりがあった時に魚の口に釣り針がかかるようにする竿の操作。