Compass - Lashinban

Japanese: 羅針盤 - らしんばん

〘noun〙① A device for finding directions when navigating at sea. A light disk with its circumference divided into 32 equal parts and directions marked on it is attached to a magnetic needle, which is supported in a vessel that is set up to keep it in a horizontal position regardless of the ship's motion. Usually, the needle is set in the same direction as the ship is heading, and the ship's direction is determined by the direction on the disk relative to this. Compass. Compass. Compass. *Hyuga Shinwa (Night Tales of Voyages) (1857), first: "On top of an ordinary ship's compass." ② (figuratively) Something that shows the way to go. *Questions and Fantasies (1934) by Terada Torahiko, 1: "If birds are night-blind and do not have compasses, it would be extremely dangerous for them to fly through dark valleys."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 航海などに際し、方位を知るための装置。軽い円板の周を三十二等分して方位を記したものを磁針の上に張り、これを船体の動揺にかかわらず、常に水平の位置を保つように装置した器内に支えたもの。通常、船の進む方向と一致した向きに標針を出しておき、これに対する円板上の方位によって船の進む方位を知る。羅針儀。羅盤儀。羅盤。コンパス。※颶風新話（航海夜話）（1857）初「尋常の舶用羅針盤の上に」② (比喩的に) 進むべき道を示すもの。※疑問と空想（1934）〈寺田寅彦〉一「鳥は夜盲であり羅針盤をもってゐないとすると、暗い谷間を飛行するのは非常に危険である」

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