For pronunciation and definitions of ほうそう – see the following entries.
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【方相】
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- [noun] (Buddhism) directional barriers placed to set a place for Buddhist training apart from the outside world
- [noun] (obsolete) short for 方相氏 (hōsōshi, “the figure who drives away demonss at 追儺 (tsuina, “year end festival to exorcise evil”), also led the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor”)
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【疱瘡】
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- [noun] an infectious disease caused by both the Variola major and Variola minor viruses; smallpox
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(This term, ほうそう (hōsō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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