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Life

The meaning of life itself. Minted because the source's word is the bare noun. NOT MERGED with symbol_life_force, which sub-batch A minted for the peony in a CHINESE context and glossed as vital energy - a different claim from life as such. The merge question is left open for T11.11 rather than settled here.
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1 attested1 source · T2

Registry entry only

The corpus has no enrichment row for this concept (symbols), so it carries its label, description, aliases and provenance and nothing further. No visual traits or cautions are recorded — not because they failed to load, but because that data does not exist in the corpus.

Provenance

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  • Japanese Tattoos and Their Meanings (opens in a new tab)

    Tier 2

    Tattooing 101

    Professional tattoo education page. Cited here for ONE architectural attestation only: "You’ll often see samurai warriors paired with temples as a way to tell a story about a brave and noble warrior who is ready to defend his honor and his people." The page's Japanese religious and mythological material is NOT drawn on here; it belongs to T11.10.

    professional tattoo source · retrieved 2026-08-30

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    strength 0.50needs cultural review

    Third meaning from the sentence cited on rel_t118c_0012. The source's word is the bare noun 'life'; symbol_life is minted for it rather than folded into symbol_life_force, and that decision is recorded on the symbol node with the merge question left open.