Cross - 10

Japanese: 十字 - じゅうじ

[1] 〘Noun〙① Ten characters. The character for ten. ※From Setsugeishu and Setsugeishu Karigane (1631): “If it is something of a Buddha, and one is given the gift of the shisha, one will have ten years of enlightenment, and will not be swayed by the teachings of the Buddha.”② The shape of the character for ten. Ju-mon. ※From Shobogenzo (1231-53), Gyoji-jo: “At the crossroads of the streets, after listening to one verse of the sutra, he immediately abandoned his elderly mother.” [Gojun - Gyōro-nan]③ A street that intersects in a cross shape. A four-way intersection . A cross street. A cross street. A crossroads. ④ (From the story in the Jinshu - He Zeng, and later from the fact that the shape of a ten was printed on the front) Another name for steamed rice cakes and manju . Juji-mochi. [Iroha Jiruisho (1177-81)] *Azuma Kagami - 29 November, 1192, 3rd year of Kenkyu (1192) "On the 50th and 100th day since the birth of the young prince, <abbreviated> _Two crosses and _one present" [Jinsho - Heisei] ⑤ A tool used during land surveys. A hard piece of wood that does not warp, such as cypress or oak , is cut into a cross shape about 1 shaku 2 sun (36 cm) long and wide, with a groove carved in the center for a water rope. This was used to measure angles by placing it against the water rope stretched in the center of a rice field furrow. ⑥ A cross that Christians draw on their chest with their hands during prayer as a proof of their faith, in imitation of Christ's suffering on the cross. → Make the sign of the cross. ※Message to Sensei (1910-11)〈Terahiko Terada〉From Paris "Bring it to the forehead, lower it to the chest, then draw a cross from the left breast to the right breast"⑦ Abbreviation of "Jujika (Cross)". ※Kirokugyo (1905)〈Soseki Natsume〉IV "A stone cross more than 100 cm long buried deep in the ground"⑧ Name of a crest. It is said to be in the shape of a cross. →Cruz. [2] It refers to the constellations Cygnus and Southern Cross, which are lined up in a cross shape.

10-20 jifu... [Cross]

〘Noun〙① The Chinese numeral 10. Also, something that has that shape. ② The name of a crest. A cross in a double circle. Famous as the crest of the Shimazu clan.

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

Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 十個の文字。十の字。※説経節・説経苅萱（1631）中「なにかほとけのことなれば、ししゃうの一しをおさづけあれば、十じおさとりある、がくもんにくらいことはましまさず」② 十の字の形。十文字。※正法眼蔵（1231‐53）行持上「十字の街頭にして一句の聞経よりのち、たちまちに老母をすてて」〔呉均‐行路難〕③ 十字形に交差する街路。四辻(よつつじ)。十字街。十字街頭。十字路。④ (「晉書‐何曾」の故事から、また、後世には十の字の焼形を表に印したところから) 蒸餠、饅頭(まんじゅう)の異称。十字餠。〔色葉字類抄（1177‐81）〕※吾妻鏡‐建久三年（1192）一一月二九日「新誕若君五十日百日儀也〈略〉送_二給十字_一」〔晉書‐何曾〕⑤ 検地の時に用いた道具。檜、樫などの反(そ)りの生じない堅木を、縦横共に長さ一尺二寸（三六センチメートル）ほどの十字形に切り組み、中央に水縄を入れる凹条を刻んだもの。これを田畝の中央に張った水縄にあてて角度の測量に用いた。⑥ キリスト教徒が、キリストの十字架における受難になぞらえ、その信仰の証(あかし)として、祈祷の際に手で胸もとに描く十文字。→十字を切る。※先生への通信（1910‐11）〈寺田寅彦〉巴里から「額へ持って行って胸へ下してそれから左の乳から右の乳へ十字を画く」⑦ 「じゅうじか（十字架）」の略。※薤露行（1905）〈夏目漱石〉四「丈に余る石の十字を深く地に埋めたるに」⑧ 紋所の名。十字架をかたどったといわれる。→クルス。[2] 星が十字形に並んでみえる白鳥座、南十字座をいう。