Winnowing - Kikyo

Japanese: 箕踞 - ききょ
Winnowing - Kikyo
〘Noun〙 (From the fact that the shape of the cuckoo resembles that of a winnowing basket ) To sit with both legs stretched out. To sit with legs stretched out and wide. Sitting on a winnowing basket. ※From the Sankyo Shigui ( around 797) "The cuckoo sits on a winnowing basket, smiling with a smile." ※From the essay "Kujakurou Fuki" (1768) 1 "One year, suffering from the heat, he leaned on a pillar and sat on a winnowing basket." [Han Shu - Biography of Chen Yu]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (そのかっこうが箕(み)の形に似ているところから) 両足をなげ出してすわること。足を伸ばし広げてすわること。箕坐(きざ)。※三教指帰(797頃)中「慠然箕踞 莞爾微笑」※随筆・孔雀楼筆記(1768)一「或年暑に苦み、柱によりて箕踞す」 〔漢書‐陳余伝〕

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