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薤露
【 かいろ 】
1. [n]
▶ ephemeral nature of the human world
▶ transience of life
▶ [lit] dew on onion leaves (i.e. tears that mourn a death)



History:
2. A 2022-03-05 01:02:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Koj, Daijr/s, Unidic
薤露	904
  Comments: 
An attempt.
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>Dew on onion leaves: (metaphorically) the transience of life. Hence: dirge, funeral song</gloss>
+<gloss>ephemeral nature of the human world</gloss>
+<gloss>transience of life</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">dew on onion leaves (i.e. tears that mourn a death)</gloss>
1. A* 2022-02-25 01:54:31  Edwina Palmer <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
『薤露行』(かいろこう）
Title of a novella by Natsume Sōseki; trans. 'The Dirge'

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