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日本國誌

简日本国志 · 繁日本國誌

Mandarin · pinyin Rì běn Guó zhì

A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲 Huáng Zūn xiàn, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
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国: guó · nation, country, nation-state
志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals

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4–3–2–4 · Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4

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