sufinkusu
1. sphinx
★ Common
Noun
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1. sphinx
1. southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
2. South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
+ 5 additional meanings1. urine
1. father
1. indication; denotation
2. instructions; directions
1. lion
2. left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
1. descriptive poetry; epic poem
1. bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
1. capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli)
2. shichimi pepper
1. the (four) limbs; arms and legs