三寸
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さんずん 】
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[n]
- three sun (ca. 9.1 cm)
Cross references:- ⇒ see: 1956530 寸【すん】 1. sun (approx. 3 cm)
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[n]
- something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)
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[n]
- stall-keeper
- huckster
- hawker
Cross references:- ⇒ see: 1437280 的屋 1. stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
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[n]
[arch]
- prostitute of the lowest rank
History:
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A 2013-05-07 10:46:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
I wondered where the "eloquent speech" meaning for 三寸の舌 came from, but Daijirin says "〔短い舌の意から〕"
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A* 2013-05-07 07:46:37 Marcus Richert - Comments
meaning 3 might be historical but not archaic, as evidenced by the nipp article
- Refs
daij http://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/香具師/
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@@ -12,2 +12,19 @@ -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> -<gloss>eloquent</gloss> +<xref type="see" seq="1956530">寸・すん</xref> +<gloss>three sun (ca. 9.1 cm)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1437280">的屋</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1437280">的屋</xref> +<gloss>stall-keeper</gloss> +<gloss>huckster</gloss> +<gloss>hawker</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<misc>&arch;</misc> +<gloss>prostitute of the lowest rank</gloss>
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