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戎: Ebisu (luck god)

Ebisu (luck god); warrior; arms
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Readings

On
ジュウ
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えびす・つわもの

Almost always read えびす: the god of commerce, as in 十日戎 and 戎橋. The on-reading ジュウ ('arms, warriors') is literary.

Key words

戎えびすEbisu (god of commerce)
十日戎とおかえびすEbisu festival (Jan 10)
今宮戎いまみやえびすImamiya Ebisu (Osaka shrine)
戎橋えびすばしEbisu Bridge (Osaka)

Example sentences

At the Tōka Ebisu festival in January, people gather at shrines to pray for thriving business.

When I go to Osaka, I want to take a photo on Ebisu Bridge.

A statue of Ebisu holding a sea bream stands at the shop entrance.

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