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Where does “shiatsu” come from?
shiatsu (Italian) comes from Japanese 指圧, from Middle Chinese 指.
shiatsu
(Italian): shiatsu
Definitions
shiatsu
Ancestry of “shiatsu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
指圧
shiatsu; the act of pressing and massaging with...
2
Middle Chinese
指
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