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A 2021-05-22 01:02:24 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2021-05-22 00:29:33 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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I think we should avoid "thrice" in glosses. |
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-<gloss>to write the character for "person" thrice on the hand and mimic swallowing them (to calm nerves)</gloss>
+<gloss>to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)</gloss> |
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A 2021-05-20 22:52:44 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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人を飲む 552 (some false positives.) |
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A* 2021-05-20 20:21:28 Opencooper
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* https://skdesu.com/en/nervous-write-people-hand-swallow/
* https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/15979509
* https://www.reddit.com/r/haikyuu/comments/gma18o/hito_wo_nomu_人を飲む_is_a_japanese_belief_used_to/
* https://archive.is/RjrD6 (Quora)
* http://folklore.usc.edu/eating-the-people-on-your-hand-japanese-folk-belief/
Examples in use:
* https://twitter.com/Hinako_1751114/status/1387747261837307911
* https://twitter.com/LoveLost_Mine/status/1391020218927882241
* https://twitter.com/HANGETU3/status/1388096800750329864 |
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Probably used literally more often. |