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Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 【獅子】
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- Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo)
- (by extension from the notion of lions being "kings") the Buddha, a Buddha
- short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance
- short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance
- short for 除夜の獅子 (joya no shishi, “New Year's lion”), a person dressed in costume as for a lion dance who goes door to door begging on New Year's Eve
- a guardian statue commonly found outside temples and shrines, often with a komainu statue, the tradition for which is said to have come over from the Korean peninsula
- the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays
- the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)
Alternative spellings師子, シシ
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(This term, しし (shishi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しし.)
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Etymology 2
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| 【肉】2
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- (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialect, Aomori, Fukushima, Nara, Kagoshima) meat (of boars, pigs, deer, etc.)
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) human flesh
- (dialect, Iwate, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama) muscle
- (dialect, Toyama) excess fat, flab
- (dialect, Kochi) the human body
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(This term, しし (shishi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as しし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しし.)
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Etymology 3
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| 【獣】S
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- (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
- (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring
- (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring
Alternative spellings鹿, 猪
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(This term, しし (shishi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as しし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しし.)
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Etymology 4
Proper noun
しし • (Shishi)
- 獅子: the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays; the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)