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日本書紀

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Mandarin · pinyin Rì běn shū jì

Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
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书: shū · book, letter, document; writings
纪: jì · record, annal, historical account

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4–3–1–4 · Ri4 ben3 shu1 ji4

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The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)

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