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jmdict 1631550 Active (id: 1077510)
孫の手
まごのて
1. [n]
《from 麻姑の手》
▶ backscratcher
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2662700 麻姑 1. Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails
  ⇐ see: 2662700 麻姑【まこ】 2. backscratcher



History:
2. A 2011-09-28 05:38:25  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
-> xref
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-<s_inf>From 麻姑(まこ、まご) a legendary Chinese mountain spirit with long fingernails.</s_inf>
-<gloss>back scratcher</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2662700">麻姑・1</xref>
+<s_inf>from 麻姑の手</s_inf>
+<gloss>backscratcher</gloss>
1. A* 2011-09-27 15:25:54  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
大辞林、広辞苑、新解さん
  Comments:
Give etymology – it’s got a strange etymology, which seems worth highlighting (all the 国語 ones do).
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<s_inf>From 麻姑(まこ、まご) a legendary Chinese mountain spirit with long fingernails.</s_inf>

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