Gar

Japanese: がり

〘 noun slang. ① A daughter or wife, as used in the Bunraku puppet theatre world. ※From the Sharebon Kyojitsu Yanagiko Dialects (1794), "musume gari" ② Used by street vendors and thieves. (i) (perhaps an abbreviation of "shingari") A child or infant. [Nihon Kyougoshu (Collection of Japanese Secrets) (1892)] ※Iya na Kanji (1960-63), Takami Jun, Part 3 "We've got a gari (child) too." (b) (an abbreviation of "shingari") The outermost part of a street stall. ※Sasamakura (1966), Maruya Saiichi, Part 2 "The word gari means the most unfavorable place to set up shop." ③ (from "to nibble away at it") Used in sushi restaurants to refer to ginger .

Gar

〘Noun〙 Abbreviation of "gariban (━ban)". Also used in the form of "cutting the gari" and referring to writing letters or pictures with an iron stylus on the original paper placed on a file in mimeograph printing. ※Akai Kodokusha (1951)〈Shiina Rinzo〉 2 "I couldn't write gari so I specialized in calligraphy, but"

Gar

〘noun〙 to scold; to reprimand; to reprimand. From the form " gari wo kuu" (to eat pickled vegetables ) , used to mean to be scolded. ※Kabuki play, Inaba Kozo Ameyabanashi (1887), Act 4: "It's as if the boss can see me eating pickled vegetables."

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(adv.) (Possibly a variation of "gouri (micrometers)") Not at all. Not at all. By an inch. ※Funeral Procession (1906)〈Ishikawa Takuboku〉 "A woman not more than a micrometer in size like this came to the gate of my uncle's house yesterday afternoon."

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Japanese:

〘名〙隠語。① 娘、また嫁を、人形浄瑠璃社会などでいう。※洒落本・虚実柳巷方言（1794）中「娘がり」② てきや・露天商・盗人仲間でいう。(イ) (「しんがり」の略か) 子ども、幼児のこと。〔日本隠語集（1892）〕※いやな感じ（1960‐63）〈高見順〉三「俺んとこもガリ（子供）ができた」(ロ) (「しんがり」の略) 露店などで、店を出す場所の一番はずれのところ。※笹まくら（1966）〈丸谷才一〉二「裾(ガリ)というのは店を張る場所としてはいちばん不利だということを」③ (「がりがりとかじる」ところから) 生薑(しょうが)をすし屋でいう。