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比丘尼
びくに
1. [n] Source lang: san "bhiksuni"
▶ bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2233490 比丘尼ん【びくにん】 1. bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
  ⇐ see: 2233520 尼【に】 1. bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun)
2. [n] [hist]
▶ travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods)
3. [n] [hist]
▶ lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)
4. [n] [abbr,hist]
▶ female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2844745 科負い比丘尼 1. female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts



History:
2. A 2020-05-16 07:34:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2020-05-15 04:32:30  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
  Diff:
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+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2844745">科負い比丘尼</xref>
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts</gloss>
+</sense>

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