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獅子 しし

  1. lion
  2. left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

獅子女 スフィンクス

  1. sphinx

獅子っ鼻 ししっぱな

  1. pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose

獅子に鰭 ししにひれ

  1. (giving) fins to a lion; making something strong even stronger

獅子の子落とし ししのこおとし

  1. testing one's children by putting them through hardship

獅子の座 ししのざ

  1. Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk

獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす

  1. make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)

獅子吼 ししく

  1. harangue; lion's roar

獅子奮迅 ししふんじん

  1. ferocious; frenzied (work, activity, etc.); furious (energy, battle, etc.)

獅子奮迅の勢い ししふんじんのいきおい

  1. irresistible force
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