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しし
Meanings
Noun
1. lion
2. left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
Alt. forms
獅し子し
82%
シシ
8%
しし
8%
師し子し
Pitch accent
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Used in: 387
Composed of
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
shishito; small sweet green pepper
lion (king of beasts)
furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion
make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; (lit.) the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
testing one's children by putting them through hardship
testing one's children by putting them through hardship
shishito; small sweet green pepper
Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)
making something strong even stronger; (lit.) (giving) fins to a lion
lion mask; Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)