the etymology of karakuri is said to have been the nominalized adverbial form of the japanese verb ' karakuru ,' which means ' move something by pulling the strings attached to it ,' and the word karakuri was found to have been used as early as in the late 16th century . 語源は「糸を引っ張って動かす」という意味の「からくる」という動詞の連用形の名詞化といい、16世紀後半頃から用例が確認されている。
