Etymology

haniwa

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Today it means: A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 埴輪
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from埴輪
  2. English todayhaniwa

From Japanese 埴輪 (haniwa).

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