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達磨 だるま

  1. daruma; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; tumbling doll
  2. Bodhidharma
  3. prostitute

達磨ストーブ だるまストーブ

  1. potbelly stove

達磨宗 だるましゅう

  1. Zen (Buddhism)
  2. confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry

達磨忌 だるまき

  1. ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

達磨歌 だるまうた

  1. confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

達磨船 だるません

  1. barge; lighter

達磨蛙 ダルマガエル

  1. Daruma pond frog (Pelophylax porosus)

達磨鮫 だるまざめ

  1. cigar shark; cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)

菩提達磨 ぼだいだるま

  1. Bodhidharma

鬼達磨鰧 おにだるまおこぜ

  1. devilfish; reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa); stonefish
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