Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ring into which the base of the handle of a Japanese sword fits. The two principal parts of the hilt are the fuchi and kashira.
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Examples
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Encho [u] -- the "Shinkasané-ga-fuchi" -- and, like many Nipponese stories, is founded on actual occurrence.] [Footnote 15: Also called, Naomori, or Narimasa, or Nariyuki.] [Footnote 16: There was great opposition to the introduction of _Kugé_
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Ito sukashi dairi Hamamatsu, adj. itzebu dai-sho hanami jaburan dai-sho-no-soroimono hanamichi janken hanashika jigotai dan haniwa jimigaki daruma haori jingu do happi-coat jinja dojo harai goshi jinkai senjitsu dotaku hara-kiri jinricksha emakimono hashigakari jinrikisha Eta Hashimoto's jinriksha fuchi hatamoto jito fugu hayashi jiu-jitsu fuji hechima Jodo Fukuoka, adj.
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Following Rao Zongyi and Ôfuchi Ninji, Stephen Bokenkamp suggests that it is best understood in the literal sense that the Dao
Laozi Chan, Alan 2007
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And God did not afflitSl you by leaving long amont you only the (hadow, the outfide of the man, and of fuchi man!
The Nonconformist's Memorial: Being an Account of the Ministers, who Were Ejected Or Silenced ... 1775
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