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龕 kanji
alcove for an image
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カンガン
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れい
Words with 龕
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- —龕niche for a Buddhist image; alcove; miniature shrine for a Buddhist image; portable shrine used to move a deceased person from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa)
- —龕灯Buddhist altar light; flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
- —壁龕niche (in Western architecture)
- —起龕ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism)
- —龕像Buddha figure carved into a rock; Buddha figure in a cabinet
- —龕屋place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)
- —龕燈Buddhist altar light; flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
- —龕灯返しrotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
- —龕燈返しrotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene