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A stick of incense, especially (China Taoism, Buddhism, &c.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.

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joss stick

Noun

A stick of incense, especially (China Taoism, Buddhism, &c.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.

Japanese Meaning

線香；特に中国の道教や仏教において、中国の祠や神殿などで供え物として用いられる香を焚くための香棒

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She lit a joss stick and bowed quietly before the small shrine.

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彼女は線香に火をともして、小さな祠の前で静かに一礼した。

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A stick of incense, especially (China Taoism, Buddhism, &c.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.

For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.

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joss sticks

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