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頂礼
ちょうらい
1. [n,vs] {Buddhism}
▶ prostration
▶ [expl] placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2717320 五体投地【ごたいとうち】 1. prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2016-08-02 01:23:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2016-07-30 09:28:29  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
tidying up a bit
  Diff:
@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>prostrating oneself</gloss>
-<gloss>placing both knees, both hands, and forehead on the ground (shows utmost respect)</gloss>
+<gloss>prostration</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect</gloss>
2. A 2016-07-30 01:33:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr says it's an abbr. of 頂戴礼拝, which gets no n-gram hits and ~90 real Google hits, most of which are explanations of where 頂礼 comes from.
1. A* 2016-07-29 18:09:29  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr/s
n-grams:
頂礼	891
五体投地	9791

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