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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of セミ – see the following entry.
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| 【蝉】H
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- generic name for a cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera); locust (chiefly US)
- the back part a 横笛 (yokobue, “Japanese transverse flute”), about one centimeter from the embouchure hole, usually shaped like a cicada (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- a small pulley used to raise objects to high places
- (by extension) a pulley used to lift sails in a 和船 (wasen, “Japanese-style ship”) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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| (This term, セミ (semi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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