This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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吹子

吹革、鞴、韛
ふいご、フイゴ
(pair of) bellows
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踏鞴

蹈鞴
たたら
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
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蹈鞴を踏む

踏鞴を踏む、たたらを踏む
たたらをふむ
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
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ふいご祭

ふいご祭り、鞴祭、鞴祭り
ふいごまつり
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
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天津鞴韜

てんしんふくとう、あまつたたら
bellows (of the) imperial harbor; Shinto Buddhist doctrines
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鞴韜

ふくとう、たたら
(pair of) bellows; lungs (of the body)