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Meanings

1

lion mask

Refers to the stylized lion mask used in traditional Japanese performing arts such as shishimai (lion dance).

獅し子し頭がしらをかぶって舞まう。
Dance wearing a lion mask.

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Japanese deer fern

usually written using kana alone

A species of fern (Blechnum nipponicum). Usually written in kana.

シシガシラは山さん地ちの湿しめった場ば所しょに生はえる。
The Japanese deer fern grows in moist mountainous areas.

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