Source Word
獅子
Hiragana
しし
Noun
broadly
from the notion of lions being "kings"
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
ライオンの別名。転じて、勇猛な人や指導者のたとえとしても用いられる。 / 仏教で、仏や菩薩の尊厳・威厳をたとえていう語。「獅子吼」などの形で用いられる。 / 獅子舞の略。獅子の面をかぶって舞う民俗芸能。
Easy Japanese Meaning
おおきくてつよいどうぶつで、ねこのなかま。ほとけさまをさすことや、ししまいのこともいう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
狮子（大型猫科动物） / 佛、佛陀（由“狮子为王”的观念引申） / 狮子舞的简称（传统舞狮）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
獅（大型貓科動物） / 佛陀 / 舞獅（獅子舞）的略稱
Korean Meaning
사자 / (비유) 부처 / 사자춤의 준말
Indonesian
singa / Sang Buddha / tari singa (barongsai)
Vietnamese Meaning
sư tử (mèo lớn Panthera leo) / Phật; một vị Phật (nghĩa bóng) / viết tắt của “獅子舞”: múa lân truyền thống
Tagalog Meaning
leon / ang Buddha / pinaikling anyo ng “sayaw ng leon”
Sense（1）
Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo)
Sense（2）
(by extension from the notion of lions being kings
) the Buddha, a Buddha
Sense（3）
short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance
Sense（4）
short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance
Sense（5）
short for 除夜の獅子 (joya no shishi, “New Year's lion”), a person dressed in costume as for a lion dance who goes door to door begging on New Year's Eve
Sense（6）
a guardian statue commonly found outside temples and shrines, often with a komainu statue, the tradition for which is said to have come over from the Korean peninsula
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