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Japanese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of うちわ – see the following entry.
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| 【団扇】
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- a rigid hand fan that does not fold
- short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a rigid fan used for military signaling
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring an uchiwa design
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| (This term, うちわ (uchiwa), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
うちわ • (uchiwa) ←うちは (utifa)?
- inner circle of people, or family
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN