Chobo

Japanese: 樗蒲 - ちょぼ

〘Noun〙① A game introduced from China. Four wooden, flat, oval dice are painted white on one side and black on the other, with cows painted on two of the black sides and pheasants painted on the two white sides, and the players throw them, and the winner is decided by the combination of the dice that comes up. Karuiuchi. ※Ryo Gikai (833), Monk and Nun: "A gambler. (Such as. A kind of sugoroku chono.)" [Jin Shu - Tao Kan Biography] ② An abbreviation of "choboichi (choboichi)." ※Kabuki, Keisei Tsukimiyamayama (1757), Mitsume: "Reki means gambling. Whether it's chobo or katakawakun, this is not the way to go." ③ (From the fact that the total number of dice is 21) A word used to count white fish in groups of 21 fish. Later, it also came to mean 20 fish. It can also be used to refer to numbers other than white fish. ※Miscellany, Yanagi Taru-ichizo (1778) "Half a small amount of whitebait is offered for worship"

Kari-uchi [Kari]

〘 noun 〙 (meaning to decide the outcome by throwing a dice) A game introduced from China. Four flat, oval wooden dice are painted white on one side and black on the other, with cows painted on the two black sides and pheasants painted on the remaining two white sides. These are thrown, and the winner is decided by the combination of faces that comes up. Also, the person who plays this game. Chobo. *From the Nirvana Sutra, Vol. 11, Early Heian Period (around 850): "We will learn the art of kariuchi (a wooden box) , encircling and staking."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 中国渡来の遊び。木製で平たい楕円形の四つのさいころの一面を白く、他面を黒く塗り、黒い面二面に牛を、白い面二面にきじを描いて投げ、出た面の組み合わせで勝負を争うもの。かりうち。※令義解（833）僧尼「博戯者。〈謂。双六樗之類也〉」〔晉書‐陶侃伝〕② 「ちょぼいち（樗蒲一）」の略。※歌舞伎・傾城月待山（1757）三ツ目「れきとはばくちの事じゃ。ちょぼはってもかたかわくんでも、アア今のすいほうはゆく物じゃない」③ (采の目の総数が二一になるところから) 白魚を二一匹ずつひとまとめにして数えることば。のちには、二〇匹をもいう。また、白魚以外の数にもいう。※雑俳・柳多留‐一三（1778）「白魚を半ちょぼ出して娵拝み」

かり‐うち【樗蒲】

〘名〙 (「かり」を投げて勝負をきめる意) 中国から伝来した遊び。木でつくった楕円形の平たい四つのさいころを、一面を白く、他面を黒く塗り、そのうちの二つの黒い面に牛を、他の二つの白い面にきじを描く。これを投げ、出た面の組合せで勝負を争うもの。また、その遊びをする人。ちょぼ。※涅槃経集解巻十一平安初期点（850頃）「樗蒲(カリウチ)し囲棊し諸の工巧を学びむものぞ」

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