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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds
show; exhibition; spectacle; freakshow; side show
サーカスの見せ物は子供たちに大人気だった。
The circus show was very popular with children.
彼を見せ物扱いするのはよくない。
It's not good to treat him as a spectacle.
人の不幸を見せ物にしてはいけない。
You must not make a spectacle of someone's misfortune.