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獅子しし
lion
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獅子女スフィンクス
sphinx
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獅子猿ししざる
lion tamarin
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獅子吼ししく
lion's roar, harangue
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獅子王ししおう
lion (king of beasts)
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獅子鼻ししばな
pug nose, snub nose, upturned nose
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獅子宮ししきゅう
Leo (5th zodiacal sign), the Lion
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獅子蘭ししらん
Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)
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獅子頭ししがしら
lion mask
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獅子舞ししまい
lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
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鏡獅子かがみじし
Kagamijishi
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唐獅子からじし
(mythical) Chinese lion, Chinese guardian lion
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小獅子こじし
kojishi, noh mask representing a young lion
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獅子っ鼻ししっぱな
pug nose, snub nose, upturned nose
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獅子の座ししのざ
Buddha's seat, seat of a high monk
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獅子鼻猿ししばなざる
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)
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獅子身中しししんちゅう
treacherous friend, snake in one's bosom, treacherous insider
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獅子奮迅ししふんじん
furious (energy, battle, etc.), frenzied (work, activity, etc.), ferocious
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越後獅子えちごじし
street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
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神楽獅子かぐらじし
kagurajishi camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
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金獅子賞きんじししょう
Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)
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角兵衛獅子かくべえじし
traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts
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獅子座流星群ししざりゅうせいぐん
Leonids
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獅子身中の虫しししんちゅうのむし
snake in one's bosom, treacherous friend
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獅子奮迅の勢いししふんじんのいきおい
irresistible force
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獅子の子落としししのこおとし
testing one's children by putting them through hardship
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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
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)
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獅子に鰭ししにひれ
making something strong even stronger, (giving) fins to a lion