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亀毛兎角
【 きもうとかく 】
  1. [exp] [yoji,id]
    • things that do not exist
    • [lit] fur on turtles, horns on rabbits
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1444050 兎角【とかく】 5. things that do not exist; rabbit horns
History:
    • A 2018-02-21 22:02:26 Jim Breen
    • A* 2018-02-20 23:04:10 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      there's a much better translation for this but it escapes 
me right now
    • Refs
      daij
    • Diff
      @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
-<field>&Buddh;</field>
-<misc>&obsc;</misc>
-<gloss>fur on turtles and horns on rabbits (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)</gloss>
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>things that do not exist</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">fur on turtles, horns on rabbits</gloss>
    • A 2007-05-30 00:00:00
    • Comments
      Entry created
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