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jmdict 2567130 Active (id: 1074719)
方違え
かたたがえ
1. [n] [arch]
▶ 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)
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2567120 方塞がり 1. unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
  ⇔ see: 2567160 方違へ所 1. place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction



History:
4. A 2011-08-28 04:18:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Dropping duplicated "to".
  Diff:
@@ -15,1 +15,1 @@
-<gloss>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 to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)</gloss>
+<gloss>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)</gloss>
3. A 2010-08-03 06:31:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-08-03 03:01:13  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
x-ref to new entry
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2567160">方違え所</xref>
1. A* 2010-08-03 02:42:40  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daijr, daijs
  Comments:
could probably use some rewording

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