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sangaku

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Japanese 算額 (sangaku, literally “calculation tablet”)

Noun edit

sangaku (plural sangaku)

  1. A geometrical problem or theorem on a wooden tablet, placed as an offering at a Japanese shrine.

Etymology 2 edit

Japanese 散楽 (sangaku)

Noun edit

sangaku (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An old circus-like form of entertainment in Japan, a predecessor of sarugaku.

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

sangaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さんがく
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