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獅 kanji
lion
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シ
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しし
Words with 獅
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —獅子Popularlion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- —唐獅子(mythical) Chinese lion; Chinese guardian lion; Chinese-style figure of a lion; artistic rendering of a lion
- —獅子吼lion's roar; harangue
- —獅子鼻pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose
- —獅子頭lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
- —獅子宮Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion
- —獅子舞lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
- —獅子猿lion tamarin
- —獅子蘭Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)
- —獅子王lion (king of beasts)
- —小獅子kojishi; noh mask representing a young lion; lion cub
- —鷲獅子griffon; gryphon
- —鏡獅子Kagamijishi
- —獅子奮迅furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
- —獅子身中treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
- —獅子の座Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
- —神楽獅子kagurajishi camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
- —獅子鼻猿snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)
- —金獅子賞Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)
- —獅子っ鼻pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose
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