開け胡麻

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Japanese

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 開けゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 開け (hirake, from 開ける (hirakeru, 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

(ひら)()() or (ひら)胡麻(ゴマ) (hirake goma

  1. open sesame!