"玄翁" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 玄翁 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (げん), (のう)), gennō [romanization], gen'wou [romanization], げんをう [hiragana, historical], 玄能 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: Supposedly named after 玄(げん)翁(のう)心(しん)昭(しょう) (Gennō Shinshō, “Shinshō Gennō”), sometimes spelled 源翁心昭, who according to legend, used one of these to smash the 殺(せっ)生(しょう)石(せき) (Sesshōseki, “Killing Stone”). The ō reading for 翁 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連(れん)声(じょう)). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|玄%翁 心%昭|げん%のう しん%しょう|Shinshō Gennō|caps=1|linkto=ja:w:源翁心昭}} 玄(げん)翁(のう)心(しん)昭(しょう) (Gennō Shinshō, “Shinshō Gennō”), {{ja-r|殺%生%石|せっ%しょう%せき|Killing Stone|caps=1}} 殺(せっ)生(しょう)石(せき) (Sesshōseki, “Killing Stone”), {{ja-r|連%声|れん%じょう|rom=-}} 連(れん)声(じょう), {{sortkey|ja|玄翁}} けんのう', {{ja-renjō|ō|nō|翁}} The ō reading for 翁 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連(れん)声(じょう)). Head templates: {{ja-noun|げんのう|hist=げんをう}} 玄(げん)翁(のう) • (gennō) ^(←げんをう (gen'wou)?)
  1. a large hammer with a flat face and convex face; a sledgehammer Wikipedia link: Tamamo-no-Mae Hypernyms: 金槌, ハンマー,
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