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比興
【 ひきょう 】
1. [n] [rare]
▶ explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry)
2. [n,adj-nari] [arch]
▶ interesting
▶ strange
3. [n,adj-nari] [arch]
▶ unreasonable
▶ unfavorable
4. [n,adj-nari] [arch]
▶ lowly
▶ insignificant
5. [n,adj-nari] [arch]
▶ cowardly
▶ using underhanded methods



History:
2. A 2018-12-27 20:53:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Time to do something with this one.
I can't a quibble with Alan's translation, and since it's rather obscure it may as well go 
in.
1. A* 2018-11-24 20:51:10  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijr/s
  Comments: 
Disclaimer: I don't know how this word is actually used in context--I just based the 
definitions off of the ones in the kokugo dictionaries.

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