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獅 kanji
lion
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シ
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しし
Words with 獅
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —獅子に鰭making something strong even stronger; (giving) fins to a lion
- —獅子尾猿lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
- —角兵衛獅子traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts
- —雪山獅子旗Tibetan flag; Snow Lion flag
- —獅子身中の虫snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
- —獅子座流星群Leonids
- —獅子奮迅の勢いirresistible force
- —獅子の子落としtesting one's children by putting them through hardship
- —獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とすmake your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
- —獅子座Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
- —獅子唐shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
- —獅子舞いlion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
- —小獅子座Leo Minor (constellation); the Small Lion
- —獅子唐辛子shishito; small sweet green pepper
- —獅子唐芥子shishito; small sweet green pepper
- —獅子がしらlion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
- —獅子心中の虫snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
- —獅子はわが子を千尋の谷に落とすmake your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
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