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探湯

くかたち, くがたち, くかだちkukatachi

noun

  1. trial by hot water
  2. putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences