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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
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A Japanese gesture of pulling down one's eyelids and sticking out one's tongue, used to taunt people.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing.
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(translations, of Japanese) A shinigami.
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(Shinto) A deity in human form in Shinto religion.
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(Japanese media) A female fictional character who is extremely clumsy, especially in a charming or cute way.
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(mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of earth, land or soil.
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(mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fishing and commerce. One of the seven gods of luck.
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(mythology, Shinto) The Japanese name for Yama, the Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.)
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Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”) [(historical) A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.]
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Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney folklore.
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A restless ghost in Japanese mythology.
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(Ireland, historical) A gombeen, or money-lender.
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(Australia, education, informal) The Gonski Report, a series of recommendations regarding funding for education in Australia.
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(Korean mythology) A shape-shifting fox spirit, typically said to take the form of a beautiful woman, in order to seduce men and eat their livers.
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(mythology, Shinto, Buddhist) the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity of samurai.
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Obsolete form of Holi (“Hindu festival”). [A Hindu festival, held in the spring, in which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.]
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Obsolete form of Holi (“Hindu festival”). [A Hindu festival, held in the spring, in which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.]
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(mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.
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Alternative spelling of inu hariko [A kind of traditional Japanese papier-mâché dog doll, formerly considered to be a ward against evil and now either a toy or decoration sold as a souvenir.]
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A guardian dog spirit; an attendant spirit or familiar spirit.
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Alternative spelling of inu hariko [A kind of traditional Japanese papier-mâché dog doll, formerly considered to be a ward against evil and now either a toy or decoration sold as a souvenir.]
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A class of angels said to be the closest to the affairs of mortals.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator god; he is Izanami's elder brother and spouse, and the father of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.
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(fandom slang) A fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
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A reanimated corpse in Chinese legend, which moves around by hopping with its arms outstretched, and kills living creatures to absorb their life force.
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A poem traditionally composed on one's deathbed in Japan.
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(mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of longevity. One of the seven gods of luck.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, son of Izanagi and Izanami and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi and Ōyamatsumi; he burned his mother to death while being born.
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A performer of kaiso music.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Kagutsuchi, the Japanese god of fire.
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(mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing
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A Japanese yōkai (supernatural being), taking the form of a weasel with sharp claws, and believed to ride dust devils.
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(religion, Shinto) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
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A hiragana or katakana character.
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wise, especially in the context of Japanese culture.
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Alternative form of cazh [(Australia, US, colloquial) Casual, laid-back; casually pleasant.]
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A Japanese storyteller or narrator
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(Slavic mythology) a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology
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(mythology, Shinto) The Japanese version of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi: goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
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(mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.
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A Korean funerary figure believed to protect, serve and care for the deceased in the immediate afterlife.
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A Japanese phenomenon whereby people die a lonely death, and sometimes remain undiscovered for a long period of time.
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(mythology, Shinto) The goddess of Mount Fuji; the blossom-princess, and the symbol of delicate earthly life.
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(psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.
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A Korean fundraising meeting.
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(Shinto) A divine palanquin for transporting a Shinto deity between shrines.
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The irrealis in Japanese.
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(historical) The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity.
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(dance, obsolete) A morris dancer.
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Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”). [(South Africa) Any of various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus.]
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(Japanese mythology) A badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yokai that shapeshifts and deceives humans.
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(pop culture) The Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage.
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(pop culture) The Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage.
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A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.
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Alternative form of poobah [A person who holds multiple offices or positions of power at the same time.]
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(mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.
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(Japanese mythology) A yōkai in the form of a person who can stretch their neck to great lengths.
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A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.
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A Japanese festival on the last day before spring.
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Alternative form of ushabti [In ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.]
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A Japanese rite of passage festival celebrating children at the ages of three, five, and seven years old.
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(mythology) A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.
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(Japanese mythology) A deity and/or personification of death.
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In Japan, an act of joint suicide by two or more people bound by love, such as romantic partners or family members.
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In Japanese culture, a recreational trip to the forest for relaxation and well-being; forest bathing.
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A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.
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Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
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(Japanese mythology) A yōkai whose appearance is of a person with an eye in place of the anus.
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(Japanese mythology) A folkloric figure in the form of a tanuki, regarded as a shapeshifter and renowned for its enormous scrotum and testicles.
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(mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.
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(Shinto) A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
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(mythology, Shinto) The god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years.
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(Philippines, fandom slang) A fan of entertainer Vilma Santos.
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(Zen Buddhism) A quality of simple or solitary beauty, especially as expressed in various forms of Japanese art or culture.
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A mountain hag in Japanese folklore.
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Alternative form of yealing [Someone who is the same age as oneself.]
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The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
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A Japanese ideal of grace and subtlety
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Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.
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A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches.
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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good matches.
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