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神水
じんずいしんすいしんずいじんすい
1. [n]
▶ water offered to God
▶ water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
2. [n]
▶ miracle-working water
3. [n]
▶ water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines



History:
3. A 2014-02-22 02:40:21  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2014-02-21 22:22:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 (has じんずい as the reading), Daijr (じんずい - "〔「しんすい」「じんすい」とも〕", Koj (じんずい - "シンスイ・ジンスイとも")
  Comments:
I suspect some of these senses depend on the reading. Daijr has しんすい for the "miracle-working water", but GG5 has じんずい.
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@
+<reb>じんずい</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -11,0 +15,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>じんすい</reb>
1. A* 2014-02-21 21:43:29  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
http://kotobank.jp/word/神水

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