Clasp - Kyoushu

Japanese: 拱手 - きょうしゅ
Clasp - Kyoushu
〘 noun 〙① To salute by clasping the fingers of both hands in front of the chest. One of the Chinese salutes. [Book of Rites - Kyokurei-jo] ② To clasp one's hands and do nothing. *Meiji Monthly (1868) (Osaka Prefecture Edition) 1 "The emperor controlled all domestic and international affairs, and the councilors only clasped their hands and carried out their duties." [Records of the Grand Historian - Chronicles of the First Emperor]

KOU-SHUSHU [Clasped hands]

〘Noun〙 (Idiom reading of "kyoushu") 1. To have one's arms folded. 2. By extension, to do nothing. To not lay hands on something.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙① 両手の指を胸の前で組み合わせて敬礼すること。中国の敬礼の一つ。〔礼記‐曲礼上〕② 手をつかねて何もしないでいること。※明治月刊（1868）〈大阪府編〉一「内外の政事皆帝の独裁に出て、議政官は拱手(キャウシュ)して其員に充るのみなり」 〔史記‐始皇本紀〕

こう‐しゅ【拱手】

〘名〙 (「きょうしゅ」の慣用読み)① 腕組みすること。② 転じて、何もせずにいること。手を下さないこと。

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