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Meaning of hyoshigi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the yobidashi to draw the spectator's attention.

Examples

“I put the glasses down and found that my heart was beating fast, thumping with an accelerating sound like that of the hyoshigi which I had last heard in that sombre vaporous gallery in the Wallace Collection.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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