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  2. Shisa - Wikipedia

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    Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. [1] The open mouth shisa traditionally wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth shisa keeps good spirits in.

  3. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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    It is especially common on Japanese railways, where it is referred to as shisa kanko (指差喚呼), shisa kakunin kanko (指差確認喚呼) or yubisashi koshō (指差呼称); and in Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese railways, where it is called 指差呼唤; 指差確認 (zhǐchā hūhuàn). Gesturing at and verbalizing these indicators helps ...

  4. Talk:Shisa - Wikipedia

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    The mouth closed shisa is thus saying "nn" or "mm" as the end of the same alphabet. There is little evidence supporting this theory, but the unique similarities are striking. It is possible that the Japanese and other parts of Asia have deeper roots to the Western world than archeological records indicate.

  5. Komainu - Wikipedia

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    Meant to ward off evil spirits, modern komainu statues usually are almost identical, but one has the mouth open, the other closed (however, exceptions exist, where both komainu have their mouth either open or closed [4]). The two forms are called a-gyō (阿形, lit. ' "a" shape ') and un-gyō (吽形, lit.

  6. List of play techniques (bridge) - Wikipedia

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    2 Advanced techniques by declarer. 3 Techniques by defenders. Toggle the table of contents. List of play techniques (bridge) 1 language.

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  8. This downtown Milwaukee bridge will be closed for ... - AOL

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    The bridge will be closed to through traffic for the duration of the project. There are two possible detours around the bridge. One for motorists and pedestrians, which uses North King Drive to ...

  9. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    with closed mouth (sometimes abbreviated B.C.) bravura Boldness; as in con bravura, boldly, flaunting technical skill breit (Ger.) Broad bridge. Transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition, or between two A sections (e.g., in an A/B/A form).