"獅子" meaning in Japanese

See 獅子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɕi̥ɕi] Forms: 獅子 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Shishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|獅子|lit=lion + (diminutive suffix)|sort=しし|tr=ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X}} Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しし}} 獅(し)子(し) • (Shishi)
  1. the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-name-nG92fbur
  2. the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-name-rgTJ4Ys2

Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥ɕi] Forms: 獅子 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), 獅子 [canonical] (ruby: 獅子(シシ)), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|獅子|lit=lion + (diminutive suffix)|sort=しし|tr=ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X}} Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし|シシ}} 獅(し)子(し) or 獅子(シシ) • (shishi)
  1. Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo) Synonyms: ライオン [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-DaXeaZK0
  2. (by extension from the notion of lions being "kings") the Buddha, a Buddha Tags: broadly Synonyms (Buddha): (hotoke) (ruby: (ほとけ))
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-3yBgWEG5 Disambiguation of 'Buddha': 1 81 1 1 10 5
  3. short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 獅子舞 (extra: (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance)
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-r1DwTZ2A
  4. short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 獅子頭 (extra: (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance)
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-cExEfu1S
  5. 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 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 除夜の獅子 (extra: (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) Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-iEBc8NUA Disambiguation of Mammals: 13 4 11 3 14 14 36 5 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Middle Chinese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 10 3 2 8 9 7 4 5 2 7 8 28 6 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 5 7 1 14 13 42 7 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 6 11 1 12 12 37 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 5 6 1 13 13 44 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 5 6 1 13 13 43 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 5 7 2 13 13 39 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 5 7 1 13 13 42 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 5 7 1 14 13 41 7 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 12 3 5 2 18 13 42 6
  6. 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 Related terms (statue): 狛犬 (komainu) (ruby: (こま), (いぬ))
    Sense id: en-獅子-ja-noun-yCdAHJKE Disambiguation of 'statue': 1 33 2 3 5 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (animal): ライオン (raion) Derived forms: 獅子猿 (shishizaru) (ruby: (), (), (ざる)) (english: lion tamarin)
Disambiguation of 'animal': 0 0 0 0 0 0

Download JSON data for 獅子 meaning in Japanese (7.7kB)

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        "the Buddha, a Buddha"
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        "(by extension from the notion of lions being \"kings\") the Buddha, a Buddha"
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          "extra": "(shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance",
          "word": "獅子舞"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "獅子舞",
          "獅子舞#Japanese"
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      ],
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          "extra": "(shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance",
          "word": "獅子頭"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance"
      ],
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          "獅子頭",
          "獅子頭#Japanese"
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(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",
          "word": "除夜の獅子"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
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        [
          "除夜の獅子",
          "除夜の獅子#Japanese"
        ],
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      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
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      "other": "しし"
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      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ɕi]"
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      "roman": "raion",
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      "word": "ライオン"
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      "roman": "hotoke",
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      ],
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      "word": "仏"
    }
  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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