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A4 Noun
達磨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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Noun
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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 alone2.
Bodhidharma
Usually written using kana alone3.
prostitute
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達磨 【だるま】、ダルマ
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中国の禅宗の祖先を達磨と言うとか。
They say that the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism is called Bodhidharma.
商売繁盛の願いを込めて達磨を買いました。
I bought a Daruma doll with a wish for prosperity in business.
この達磨を買ってからというもの、何となく運がいい。
Since buying this Daruma doll, I've somehow been lucky.
合格祈願のために、達磨の片目に墨を入れました。
To pray for success on the exam, I filled in one of the daruma’s eyes with ink.
達磨は、少林寺で九年間の面壁坐禅を行ったという逸話を残しています。
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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