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人面瘡
じんめんそうにんめんそう
1. [n]
▶ mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2853472 人面疽【じんめんそ】 1. mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face



History:
5. A 2022-02-02 10:32:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Done.
4. A* 2022-01-30 04:23:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
人面瘡	3958
人面疽	1886

daijs has it as じんめんそ, not じんめんそう, so it'd need to be a separate entry.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>人面瘡:人面疽</keb>
+<keb>人面瘡</keb>
3. A* 2022-01-30 04:18:53  Robert Heath <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/人面瘡
  Comments:
According to the Japanese Wikipedia page, this kanji can be read "人面疽". Also, searching for both kanji sets yields very similar results.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>人面瘡</keb>
+<keb>人面瘡:人面疽</keb>
2. A 2013-07-15 01:45:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-07-12 12:06:54  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs, wiki, nikk
daijs "人の顔の形をした悪性のできもの。"
nikk: "人の顔のような形になるはれもの。にんめんそう。"
wiki: "人面瘡(じんめんそう、人面疽)は、妖怪・奇病の一種。体の一部などに付い
た傷が化膿し、人の顔のようなものができ、話をしたり、物を食べたりするとされる架空の
病気。薬あるいは毒を食べさせると療治するとされる。"
  Comments:
人面疽 is in daijs too but is only read as じんめんそ
_
a bit hard to translate, according to wiki it would actually 
talk as well, so apparently it's a full-fledged spirit/妖怪

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