Etymology

mabiki

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Today it means: The Japanese practice of killing non-firstborn sons. Full definition →

Japanese 間引く
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from間引く
  2. Japanese · borrowed from間引く
  3. English todaymabiki

Borrowed from Japanese 間引き (mabiki, “to thin out”).

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