pin

Japanese: ピン

〘noun〙 (pin)① A pointed needle used to pierce stacked items together and secure them together. Also includes sewing pins, insect pins, and thumb tacks. ※Summer Vacation (1892)〈Iwaya Konami〉 4th chapter: "Jewelry beetles, bees, flies,〈abbreviated〉 pinned to the lid of a box of sweets"② An accessory that is fastened to clothing with a needle. Tie pins, brooches, etc. Pin fasteners ※Futari Nyobo (1891-92)〈Ozaki Koyo〉 1st chapter: "In a collar that is folded in front so that it ties around the neck, the pin holds a ruby that looks like a rising sun on golden waves"③ A hairpin. ※The 28th Day of the End (1898)〈Uchida Roan〉 5th chapter: "The woman inserts a yellow jade pin into her evening hairstyle"④ A small metal fitting that keeps hair in place. Hairpin. Pin fastener. *Seishun (1905-06)〈Oguri Fuyō〉 Autumn: "The German silver pin slipped out of the dry hair." ⑤ A thin rod inserted into a hole to secure a mechanical part. *Jitsugyo Dokusho (1926)〈Muto Sanji〉 3: "Even an intricate machine like a clock will stop immediately if one pin is removed." ⑥ An iron skewer about 30 centimeters long used to indicate the measurement points at both ends of a chain when measuring distance. Measuring skewer. ⑦ In bowling, a white target shaped like a sake bottle that is hit and knocked down by a rolling ball. Ten of them are set up in an equilateral triangle on the pin deck at the end of the lane (array). ⑧ In golf, a signpost set up at a hole. ⑨ (Short for belaying pin) In mountaineering, a protrusion or piton used as a support point when securing a rope during rock climbing.

〘 noun 〙 (from pinta meaning point) 1. The number one on a card game or dice . ※Joruri, Koga Saburo Cave Tale (1735), 4: "Pinyo Doyo ni Utsutsu watashi mo uchi ga tsu ho ho ho ho ho ho" (The truth is that even if you look at it, it's not true) 2. The first or the best. 3. (From when servants or hired workers skimmed off 10% of the payment) The best. ※Joruri, Chugi Fun Meyaku Oishi (1797), 7: "Is it true that a clerk's virtue is at least this great?"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (pin)① 重ねた物をつき刺して両者を留めるための、先のとがった針。また、裁縫で用いる待ち針、虫ピン、画鋲の類。※暑中休暇（1892）〈巖谷小波〉四「玉虫、蜂、蠅、〈略〉菓子折の蓋にピン（針）で止めて」② 針で衣服などに留めつける装身具。ネクタイピン、ブローチなど。ピンどめ。※二人女房（1891‐92）〈尾崎紅葉〉上「頸の括れるやうな前折の衿(カラア)に、針(ピン)は黄金の浪に旭と見せた紅玉(ルビー)を掴ませ」③ かんざし。※くれの廿八日（1898）〈内田魯庵〉五「女は夜会結に黄玉の華簪(ピン)を挿し」④ 髪が乱れないようにおさえる小さい金具。ヘアピン。ピンどめ。※青春（1905‐06）〈小栗風葉〉秋「油気の無い束髪の洋銀のピンがスルリと抜けて」⑤ 機械部分を固定するために穴に差し通す細い棒。※実業読本（1926）〈武藤山治〉三「時計のごとき精巧なる機械でも、ピン一つぬければすぐ止ってしまう」⑥ チェーンを用いて距離を測定する時に、その両端の測点を表わすのに用いる長さ三〇センチメートルほどの鉄の串。測串。⑦ ボウリングで、ころがしたボールを当てて倒す、徳利形をした白い標的。レーン（アレイ）の先端のピン‐デッキに正三角形に一〇本立てる。⑧ ゴルフで、ホールに立てる標柱。⑨ (belaying pin の略) 登山で、岩登りの際、ザイルをかけ確保するときに支持点とする岩の突起やハーケンなどのこと。

ピン

〘名〙 (pinta 点の意から)① カルタ・賽(さい)の目などの一の数。※浄瑠璃・甲賀三郎窟物語（1735）四「ぴんよどうよに現(うつつ)他愛も内証は」② 第一番。また、最上のもの。③ (奉公人、雇人が代金などの一割をかすめたことから) うわまえ。※浄瑠璃・忠義墳盟約大石（1797）七「手代の役徳せめて是程の、びんは有うちかい」

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