Carousel - Carousel

Japanese: 回転木馬 - かいてんもくば
Carousel - Carousel
〘 noun 〙 One of the rides at an amusement park. A wooden horse is attached around a vertical axis, and as the axis rotates, the horse goes up and down. Merry-go-round. *Death Sentence (1925) <Kyojiro Hagiwara> A single matchstick is enough for prayer! "The body of my lover is a rotating wooden horse."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 遊園地の遊戯乗り物の一つ。垂直軸の周囲に木馬を連結し、その軸を回転させるとともに木馬を上下させるもの。メリーゴーラウンド。※死刑宣告(1925)〈萩原恭次郎〉祈祷はマッチの棒一本で足りる!「恋人の肉体は廻転木馬である」

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