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- Japanese · borrowed from狛犬“lion-dog”
- English todaykomainu
From Japanese 狛犬 (komainu, “lion-dog”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
komainu
Today it means: Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines. Full definition →
Japanese 狛犬