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jmdict 2567150 Active (id: 1074720)
方違い
かたたがい
1. [n] [arch]
▶ setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2567120 方塞がり 1. unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)



History:
3. A 2011-08-28 04:20:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Dropping duplicated "to".
  Diff:
@@ -14,1 +14,1 @@
-<gloss>setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)</gloss>
+<gloss>setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)</gloss>
2. A 2010-08-03 07:15:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2010-08-03 02:54:36  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daijs

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