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生贄生け贄犠牲生けにえ [sK]
いけにえ
1. [n]
▶ (living) sacrifice
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1225450 犠牲【ぎせい】 3. sacrifice (to a deity)
2. [n]
▶ victim
▶ scapegoat



History:
13. A 2023-08-30 21:07:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
12. A* 2023-08-30 20:08:18  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 生贄   │   150,017 │ 56.1% │
│ 生け贄  │   115,628 │ 43.2% │
│ 生けにえ │     1,845 │  0.7% │ - sK
│ 犠牲   │ 2,598,762 │  N/A  │
│ いけにえ │   150,860 │  N/A  │
╰─ーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>生けにえ</keb>
+<keb>犠牲</keb>
@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-<keb>犠牲</keb>
+<keb>生けにえ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
11. A 2021-06-03 21:17:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2021-06-03 19:17:11  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Seems OK. Maybe better like this.
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>living sacrifice (to the gods)</gloss>
+<gloss>(living) sacrifice</gloss>
9. A* 2021-06-01 06:18:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj: 生きたまま贄として神に供える生き物
Daijr: 神への供え物として,生きている人や獣を捧(ササ)げること。
  Comments:
I did wonder about this one.  You can sacrifice non-living things too.  Maybe it works this way.
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>(human, animal) sacrifice (to the gods)</gloss>
+<gloss>living sacrifice (to the gods)</gloss>
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