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Jurōjin

Jurōjin

English

Proper noun

Jurōjin

  1. (mythology, Shintō) The Japanese god of longevity. One of the seven gods of luck.

Japanese

Romanization

Jurōjin

  1. rōmaji reading of じゅろうじん

Etymology

From Japanese 寿老人 ‎(Jurōjin), from Middle Chinese 壽 (dʒjùw "longevity") + 老 (láw "old") + 人 (nyin "person").

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