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shimpan

shimpan noun: the four judges, sitting at each cardinal point.

Noun

shimpan pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) the four judges, sitting at each cardinal point

Forms of shimpan

alternative formshinpan

Origin of shimpan

From Japanese 審判 (shinpan, しんぱん), from Middle Chinese 審判 (ʃim-pʰàn "to judge", "to try") (compare Mandarin shěnpàn 审判).

Questions about shimpan

What does shimpan mean?
Shimpan means the four judges, sitting at each cardinal point.
What part of speech is shimpan?
Shimpan is a noun.

Words near shimpan in the dictionary

  1. shimotsukare
  2. Shimotsuke
  3. shimozzle
  4. shimozzles
  5. Shimp
  6. shimpan
  7. Shimpling
  8. Shimps
  9. shims
  10. Shimsha
  11. Shimshon

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