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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines..
The Buddhist priest Ryōtei declares that the komainu are lions, which came from Koma and were called dogs by Japanese because they did not know lions.
The komainu can be traced to India and that culture’s stylized representations of the lion.
Use komainu when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Komainu means Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines..
Common synonyms include foo dog.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Buddhist priest Ryōtei declares that the komainu are lions, which came from Koma and were called dogs by Japanese because they did not know lions.
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