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| 1. |
[n]
▶ rivalry in love ▶ rivalry for the heart of a woman
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| 2. |
[n]
▶ quarrel over something trivial ▶ storm in a teacup |
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| 3. |
[n]
《orig. meaning》 ▶ quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths |
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| 9. | A 2021-06-25 01:01:52 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | There's a story that people in Japan traditionally kept to the left to avoid such sword clashes, and that's the reason they've always driven on the left too. (An alternative to the story that the imperial Rolls Royce had an English chauffeur.) |
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| 8. | A* 2021-06-24 23:47:35 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | If it leads to a quarrel, I'm assuming either part could accuse the other one of having done it on purpose. |
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| Diff: | @@ -27 +27 @@ -<gloss>quarrel between two samurai due to an accidental clash of sheaths while crossing paths</gloss> +<gloss>quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths</gloss> |
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| 7. | A 2021-06-24 21:24:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 6. | A* 2021-06-24 17:04:16 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | The JEs only have the "rivalry in love" sense. I think it should lead. |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,0 +15,6 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="2124470">恋の鞘当て</xref> +<gloss>rivalry in love</gloss> +<gloss>rivalry for the heart of a woman</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -20,6 +25,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="2124470">恋の鞘当て・こいのさやあて</xref> -<gloss>rivalry in love</gloss> -<gloss>rivalry for the heart of a woman</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -27 +27 @@ -<gloss>(samurai) quarrel over sheaths of swords having accidentally touched (i.e. when passing one another)</gloss> +<gloss>quarrel between two samurai due to an accidental clash of sheaths while crossing paths</gloss> |
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| 5. | A 2021-06-23 23:50:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | 鞘当て 3564 さや当て 3420 <- in GG5 examples |
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| Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>さや当て</keb> |
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