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lion

sphinx

lion dance

treacherous friend

kojishi

testing one's children by putting them through hardship

Leo (5th zodiacal sign)

Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

kagurajishi camellia (Camellia japonica var.)

lion (king of beasts)

Buddha's seat

lion mask

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

snake in one's bosom

traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts

Leonids

(mythical) Chinese lion

make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow

pug nose

pug nose

Kagamijishi

lion tamarin

Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)

irresistible force

lion's roar

furious (energy, battle, etc.)

snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)

making something strong even stronger