jmdict 1301050 Active (id#1130544)
三寸
さんずん
  1. [n]
    • three sun (ca. 9.1 cm)
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1956530 寸【すん】 1. sun (approx. 3 cm)
  2. [n]
    • something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)
  3. [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
  4. [n] [arch]
    • prostitute of the lowest rank
History:
    • A 2013-05-07 10:46:01 Jim Breen
    • 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〕"
    • 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/
    • Diff
      @@ -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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