Salvation - Osukui

Japanese: 御救 - おすくい

〘Noun〙 ("o" is a prefix)① An honorific word meaning "to save". Onsukumai. ※Kinryoku-Kou, Zenshu, 5, vol. 48, 1723 (8th year of Kyoho), January "Whenever there was a fire, my wife and children were saved _and placed under _my _care ."② An abbreviation of "Osukumai (Osukumai)". ※Essays, Ichibanashigoto (around 1779-1820), supplement "Onsukumai means one sho of brown rice, five go of wheat, and two sho of barley, enough for five days."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「お」は接頭語)① 「救うこと」をいう尊敬語。御救済。※禁令考‐前集・第五・巻四八・享保八年（1723）正月「火事に逢候度々、幾度にても妻子共御救可_レ被_二下置_一候事」② 「おすくいまい（御救米）」の略。※随筆・一話一言（1779‐1820頃）補遺「御救渡り方一人前玄米一升、小麦五合、大麦二升、都て五日分」

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