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    3. 天秤押し

    天秤押し

    天てん秤びん押おし​

    pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)

    NTNounFood & DiningKanji Vocab23 strokes

    てんびんおし

    Noun

    1.
    pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)
    rare term

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    Characters that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    Kanji
    秤
    はかり…(3)
    balances・scales・steelyard
    Kanji
    押
    お.す・お.し-・お.っ-・お.さえる・おさ.える…(4)
    push・stop・check・subdue・attach…(6)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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