だるま

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Japanese

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達磨
a daruma: a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism
Dharma, clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, Bodhidharma)
(This term, だるま (daruma), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)