saidan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese (さい)(だん) (saidan).

Noun[edit]

saidan (plural saidan)

  1. A Japanese Buddhist altar.
    • 2000, Sean Grennan, Gangs: An International Approach, Pearson College Division:
      Conducted in a specially designated ceremonial room, containing a Saidan, or altar, preparations for the ceremony begin with the placing of the likenesses of the Japanese gods upon the top tier, the most honorable place.

Finnish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

saidan

  1. genitive singular of saita

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

saidan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さいだん