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鬼瓦
おにがわら
1. [n]
▶ decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2567530 鬼板【おにいた】 1. wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)
2. [n] [rare]
▶ hideous face



History:
3. A 2010-08-06 08:09:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-08-04 13:21:03  Scott
  Comments:
It probably has something to do with this (from WP):
 狂言

    演目のひとつに「鬼瓦」が存在する。ある大名が鬼瓦を見て、故郷に残した妻を思い出して泣いてしまうという話である。
1. A* 2010-08-04 04:54:47  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daijr, daijs
http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/o/onigawara.htm
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/鬼瓦
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ガーゴイル
  Comments:
not ~really~ a gargoyle.  any ref for "one's wife"?
  Diff:
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
-<gloss>ridge-end tile</gloss>
-<gloss>tile with the figure of a devil</gloss>
-<gloss>gargoyle</gloss>
-<gloss>one's wife</gloss>
+<gloss>decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&obsc;</misc>
+<gloss>hideous face</gloss>

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