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蛇: snake
蛇 hebi
snake
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わけを聞くと、「ヤマタノオロチという大きな蛇が、毎年来て、娘を食べます。もう七人食べられて、この子が最後の娘です」と答えました。
When he asked why, they answered, “A giant serpent called Yamata no Orochi comes every year and eats a daughter. Seven have already been eaten, and this child is the last.”
From the lesson ヤマタノオロチ
蛇の部屋と、むかでと蜂の部屋でねさせられましたが、スセリビメがくれた比礼を三回ふると、おとなしくなりました。
He was made to sleep in a room of snakes and a room of centipedes and wasps, but when he waved the scarf (hire) Suseribime gave him three times, they calmed down.
From the lesson 大国主の試練と根の国