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Word · 単語
to assume the posture of praying
  1. 1 to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects
  2. 2 to beg, to make a supplication
  3. 3 to see (something or someone of high status) — sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese
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· examples

  • Let's have a gander at this insolent man.

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