Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
開けゴマ
 開けゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From 開け (hirake, imperative form of 開く (hiraku, to open)) +‎ 胡麻 (goma, sesame), calque of French sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.

Phrase

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(ひら)()() or (ひら)胡麻(ゴマ) (hirake goma

  1. open sesame!