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karajishi

karajishi noun: a guardian lion figure found in Chinese and Japanese art.

Noun

karajishi (plural karajishi)

  1. A guardian lion figure found in Chinese and Japanese art.
    • Titled “Picture of Fate: I Am but a Fisherman Who Angles in the Darkness of His Mind,” the Murakami is dominated by the exotic karajishi, or “China-lion,” who guards the threshold of Japanese Buddhist temples and is a frequent subject of Chinese and Japanese artists.2009 September 25, Roberta Smith, “In Chelsea, a Chapter in Abstract Art and Some Long Verse”, in New York Times

Forms of karajishi

pluralkarajishi

Origin of karajishi

Borrowed from Japanese 唐獅子.

Questions about karajishi

What does karajishi mean?
Karajishi means a guardian lion figure found in Chinese and Japanese art.
What part of speech is karajishi?
Karajishi is a noun.
What is the plural of karajishi?
The plural of karajishi is karajishi.

Words near karajishi in the dictionary

  1. Karaitic
  2. Karaitica
  3. Karaitism
  4. karaits
  5. Karaj
  6. karajishi
  7. Karajá
  8. Karak
  9. Karak syndrome
  10. karaka
  11. Karakalpak

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