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- Japanese · calque of鹿威し
- English todayscaredeer
Calque of Japanese 鹿威し (shishiodoshi), modelled on scarecrow, equivalent to scare + deer.
Words from the same roots
Japanese鹿威し all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scaredeer
Today it means: Synonym of deer scarer. Full definition →
Japanese 鹿威し