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天秤天びん [sK]
てんびん
1. [n]
▶ (balance) scales
2. [n] [abbr]
▶ carrying pole
▶ shoulder pole
▶ milkmaid's yoke
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1440170 天秤棒 1. carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
3. [n]
▶ thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine)
4. [n] {fishing}
▶ spreader bar



History:
8. A 2024-01-23 06:55:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2024-01-22 23:37:11  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr/s, jawiki
  Comments:
Added senses.
I can't find a source for "steelyard".
  Diff:
@@ -22 +22,3 @@
-<gloss>shoulder carrying pole</gloss>
+<gloss>carrying pole</gloss>
+<gloss>shoulder pole</gloss>
+<gloss>milkmaid's yoke</gloss>
@@ -26 +28,6 @@
-<gloss>steelyard</gloss>
+<gloss>thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&fish;</field>
+<gloss>spreader bar</gloss>
6. A 2024-01-20 21:00:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>
5. A* 2024-01-20 20:41:24  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
天秤	355830	96.2%
天秤棒	14123	3.8%
  Comments:
Google image search only gives [1], but that may reflect obsolescence.  probably [abbr].  sankoku does have both [1] and [2], and this xref.  Probably safer to use the xref if you wanted to use this for whatever reason(or learn about it.  image search does come up for the xref).
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1440170">天秤棒</xref>
4. A 2023-03-02 20:20:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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