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Bats mean happiness. This stems from the fact that the word for 'bat' in Chinese is the same as the word for 'happiness' and the Japanese adopted this. There are five sorts of happiness associated with bats: long life, wealth, health, conforming to morals, carrying out heaven's will.
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