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22 word matches found for '鏡' using reading 'かがみ'
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noun
1. mirror; looking-glass
2. barrel head
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Most common form: 鏡ノ間
noun
1. room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room
2. hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
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noun
traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period  (opposite: 紐鏡)
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noun
bathroom mirror; vanity mirror
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Most common form: 鏡割
noun
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
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noun
hand-mirror
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noun
mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.
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noun
small ancient mirror tied with a cord  (opposite: 柄鏡)
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expression
perfectly clear mirror  (see also: 真澄の鏡; archaic)
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noun
1. panel; scene-panel
2. painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted  (symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage)
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noun
1. cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
2. traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.
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noun
reflective water surface; reflecting water
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Most common form: 合せ鏡
noun
opposite mirrors
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expression, 'ku' godan verb
to uncask; to open a barrel
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noun
Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 東鑑
noun
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
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noun
pocket mirror
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noun
mirror writing  (see also: 鏡映文字)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to be reflected in a mirror
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expression
perfectly clear mirror  (archaic)
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noun
Metaplexis japonica  (see also: 蘿芋)
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expression
mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds  (see also: 閻魔; Buddhist term)
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