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さいつぶ
1. [n] [rare]
▶ dice
▶ die



History:
2. A 2021-06-24 21:30:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2021-06-24 11:58:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Spotted in Meiji 22 ad. Mentioned in nikk's さい entry but nowhere else in the kokugos as far as I can tell.
The ad:
http://base1.nijl.ac.jp/~meiji_pa/padb/tokyo-nichinichi/m22/tokyo-nichinichi_m220103-06.jpg

(① すごろく、ばくちなどに用いる道具。角(つの)、象牙(ぞうげ)、木材などでつくられた小形の立方体で、その六面に、一から六までの目をきざんだも
の。さいつ。さいころ。さえ。さいつぶ。)
  Comments:
Obscure but worth listing precisely because it's not a headword in any other dictionary.

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