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|eng-name=Ancient Dragon Wrath | |eng-name=Ancient Dragon Wrath | ||
|jpn-name={{h|古竜の逆鱗|Ko ryū no gekirin}} | |jpn-name={{h|古竜の逆鱗|Ko ryū no gekirin}} | ||
|jpn-mean=Ancient dragon wrath. Literally speaking, [[wiktionary:逆鱗|逆鱗 ''gekirin'']] translates as "reverse scale", and originates from an element of Chinese mythology which holds that every dragon has a single scale which grows in the opposite direction from their other scales, and touching this ''gekirin'' will infuriate the dragon. This is commonly used as an idiom, {{ | |jpn-mean=Ancient dragon wrath. Literally speaking, [[wiktionary:逆鱗|{{lang|ja|逆鱗}} ''{{lang|ja-Latn|gekirin}}'']] translates as "reverse scale", and originates from an element of Chinese mythology which holds that every dragon has a single scale which grows in the opposite direction from their other scales, and touching this ''{{lang|ja-Latn|gekirin}}'' will infuriate the dragon. This is commonly used as an idiom, {{hl|逆鱗に触れる|Gekirin ni fureru}} (literally, "touch the reverse scale"), which refers to provoking the anger of one's superior, and as a result {{lang|ja|逆鱗}} ''{{lang|ja-Latn|gekirin}}'' is also taken to mean "imperial anger" or "the anger of one's superior". | ||
|span-name=Ira del dragón | |span-name=Ira del dragón | ||
|span-mean=Anger of the dragon | |span-mean=Anger of the dragon |