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 方違え
 かたたがえ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 see: 方塞がり
 see: 方違へ所
 archaism
 setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
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