Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe will o' the wisp.
Borrowed from Japanese 鬼火 (literally “ghost fire”)
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- Borrowed-form mention鬼火ja
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