ひとばしら
人柱
1. person who died for a cause
2. guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; sacrificial lamb; early adopterColloquial, also read じんちゅう
3. hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protectionHistorical term
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