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jmdict 2567120 Active (id: 1919855)
方塞がり
かたふたがりかたふさがり
1. [n] [arch]
▶ unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1170530 陰陽道 1. Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
  ⇒ see: 2561870 天一神 1. Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
  ⇔ see: 2567130 方違え 1. setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
  ⇐ see: 2567150 方違い【かたたがい】 1. setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
  ⇐ see: 2567160 方違へ所【かたたがえどころ】 1. place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction



History:
5. A 2015-08-13 23:59:26  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2015-08-13 11:10:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onmyōdō
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>unlucky direction (in Onmyoudou; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)</gloss>
+<gloss>unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)</gloss>
3. A 2010-08-03 07:12:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-08-03 02:43:17  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
x-ref to new entry
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +22,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2567130">方違え</xref>
1. A* 2010-08-03 02:36:52  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>

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