だるま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だるま – see the following entry.
【達磨】
[noun] a daruma: a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism
[proper noun] Dharma, clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”)
(This term, だるま (daruma), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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