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A4 Noun

達磨(だるま)daruma, tumbling doll, 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, Bodhidharma, prostitute

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    1. Noun

      1.

      daruma, tumbling doll, 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

      Usually written using kana alone
    2. Noun

      2.

      Bodhidharma

      Usually written using kana alone
    3. Noun

      3.

      prostitute

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    達磨 【だるま】ダルマ

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      中国(ちゅうごく)禅宗(ぜんしゅう)祖先(そせん)達磨(だるま)()うとか。

      They say that the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism is called Bodhidharma.

        商売(しょうばい)繁盛(はんじょう)(ねが)いを()めて達磨(だるま)()いました。

        I bought a Daruma doll with a wish for prosperity in business.

        この達磨(だるま)()ってからというもの、(なに)となく(はこ)がいい。

        Since buying this Daruma doll, I've somehow been lucky.

        (むかし)売春(ばいしゅん)()のことを達磨(だるま)()んでいたと先生(せんせい)から()きました。

        I heard from my teacher that in the past, prostitutes were called 'Daruma'.

        達磨(だるま)は、少林寺(しょうりんじ)面壁(めんぺき)(きゅう)(とし)坐禅(ざぜん)()ったという逸話(いつわ)(のこ)しています。

        An anecdote remains of Bodhidharma having practiced a seated meditation while facing a wall for nine years at a Shaolin Temple.

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