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Kun-yomi
まつ(る ・ まつ(り ・ まつり
ma tsu ru ・ ma tsu ri ・ ma tsu ri

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Meanings of elements
MEAT PULLING DISPLAY
…or: MEAT in LORDOSIS POSITION DISPLAY
Top-right element「pulling open, pulled out of the normal shape」as a「meat pulling display」pulling open one's meat to reveal what is inside in order to attract a partner or three at a street party where participants are looking to hook-up for an evening, often including dancing and other ritual displays of meat as booty. Lest we forget, the first religious displays were shamanist rites, with the goods available for sale or short-term rental on display as the sacrificed meat for burning on-fire flaming heated torches with red-ember tips (火,「person's emissions」). RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS were the ancient equivalent of advertising campaigns, literally sponsored presentations by the local shaman for drumming business.
「Display of meat while down on all fours」today refers to any sort of FESTIVAL, not unlike modern carnivals (the English word 'carnival' literally means「meat is raised, lifted.」…various type of meat, still living and in heat, or recently sacrificed).「Body, meat, or flesh」placed upon an「altar」while「bowing down and kneeling」suggests a BURNT OFFERING for a religious festival, as if one's gods enjoy the aroma of scorched animal flesh. Anyway, most of that meat was consumed by humans while partying at the FESTIVAL and did not go up in smoke.
In modern times, the word「carnival」refers to meat-eating and a wild party to 'get it out of their system' in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, or most anywhere else prior to the start of a 40-day religious period of voluntary deprivation…carne meaning 'meat' as in the English 'carnivorous.' The origin of most major religious festivals and holidays worldwide have roots of partying by pagans and heathens who were converted to some other mainstream religion, but didn't want to abandon their traditional, secular fun…so, simply renaming festivals in honor of the newly-adopted religious heroes was commonplace.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to offer sacrifice; festive occasion
Japanese EDRDG: ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
Unihan extended: sacrifice to, worship

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.



Japanese vocabulary: 212 entries


Chinese usage: 35 entries


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