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三寸
【さんずん】

[n]
▶ three sun (ca. 9.1 cm)

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1956530 寸【すん】 1. sun (approx. 3 cm)

[n]
▶ something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)

[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

[n] [arch]
▶ prostitute of the lowest rank

History:

2.	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〕"
1.	A* 2013-05-07 07:46:37 Marcus Richert
	Refs:	daij http://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/香具師/
	Comments:	meaning 3 might be historical but not archaic, as evidenced by the nipp article
	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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