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石敢當 [oK] 石敢当
いしがんとうせきかんとう
1. [n]
▶ ishigantō
▶ [expl] stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom



History:
7. A 2024-02-25 20:46:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I wish it wasn't so wordy.
6. A* 2024-02-25 17:16:25  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kyushu -> Kyūshū
Chineee -> Chinese
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyushu and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chineee custom</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom</gloss>
5. A* 2024-02-25 11:12:28  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daijr etc. describe the Japanese stone. Koj mentions it's 中国伝来の民俗, the others don't.
  Diff:
@@ -19,2 +19,2 @@
-<gloss>shigandang</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits</gloss>
+<gloss>ishigantō</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyushu and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chineee custom</gloss>
4. A 2024-01-26 05:38:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Leading with a [oK] term looks odd.
3. A* 2024-01-25 21:39:08  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 石敢當    │ 16,195 │ 63.4% │ - oK
│ 石敢当    │  2,222 │  8.7% │
│ いしがんとう │  6,854 │ 26.8% │ - ... (daijr/s, koj, nhk accent)
│ せきかんとう │    133 │  0.5% │ - add (daijr/s, koj)
│ いしがんどう │     91 │  0.4% │ - drop
│ せっかんとう │     59 │  0.2% │ - drop
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,3 +11,0 @@
-<reb>いしがんどう</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -17 +15 @@
-<reb>せっかんとう</reb>
+<reb>せきかんとう</reb>
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