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黒船

see styles
 kurofune
    くろふね
(1) (hist) black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; (2) foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

黥く

see styles
 mesaku
    めさく
(v4k) (archaism) to tattoo a criminal around the eye (form of punishment in ancient Japan)

黴雨

see styles
 baiu
    ばいう
    tsuyu
    つゆ
(1) rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); (2) rain during the rainy season

Variations:

see styles
 jee; jei / jee; je
    ジェー; ジェイ
(1) J; j; (prefix) (2) (See ジャパン) Japan; (counter) (3) (See ジュール) joule; (4) {cards} (See ジャック・1) jack; (counter) (5) (on floor plans) (See 畳) tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); (6) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See Jリーグ) J.League; Japan Professional Football League

JAL

see styles
 jaru
    ジャル
(company) Japan Airlines (abbr.); (c) Japan Airlines (abbr.)

JAS

see styles
 jasu
    ジャス
Japanese Agricultural Standard; JAS; (c) Japan Air System

JOC

see styles
 jeeooshii / jeeooshi
    ジェーオーシー
(o) Japan Olympic Committee

NHK

see styles
 enueichikee; enuecchikee / enuechikee; enuecchikee
    エヌエイチケー; エヌエッチケー
(org) Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK; (o) Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK

PHS

see styles
 pii eichi esu; pii ecchi esu(sk); piieichiesu(sk); piiecchiesu(sk) / pi echi esu; pi ecchi esu(sk); piechiesu(sk); piecchiesu(sk)
    ピー・エイチ・エス; ピー・エッチ・エス(sk); ピーエイチエス(sk); ピーエッチエス(sk)
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia

USJ

see styles
 yuuesujee / yuesujee
    ユーエスジェー
(place-name) Universal Studios Japan (theme park in Osaka)

サンカ

see styles
 sanka
    サンカ
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka

ハポン

see styles
 hapon
    ハポン
Japan (spa: Japon); (personal name) Pavon

ミンス

see styles
 minsu
    ミンス
(slang) (derogatory term) Democratic Party of Japan; (personal name) Minns

ゆにば

see styles
 yuniba
    ユニバ
(place-name) Universal Studios Japan (abbreviation)

一向宗

see styles
yī xiàng zōng
    yi1 xiang4 zong1
i hsiang tsung
 ikkoushuu / ikkoshu
    いっこうしゅう
(See 浄土真宗) Ikkō sect (of Buddhism); Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School
The 眞宗 Shin or Pure-land Shin Sect founded by Shinran, in Japan, whose chief tenet is unwavering reflection on Amida (by repeating his name).

三冠馬

see styles
 sankanba
    さんかんば
winner of Japan's three main horse races

三名山

see styles
 sanmeizan / sanmezan
    さんめいざん
(abbreviation) (See 日本三名山) Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

三国一

see styles
 sangokuichi
    さんごくいち
unparalleled in Japan and China and India

三国人

see styles
 sangokujin; sankokujin(ik)
    さんごくじん; さんこくじん(ik)
(1) national of a third country; (2) (derogatory term) foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)

三論宗


三论宗

see styles
sān lùn zōng
    san1 lun4 zong1
san lun tsung
 sanronshuu / sanronshu
    さんろんしゅう
Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
The Sanlun, Mādhyamika, or Middle School, founded in India by Nāgārjuna, in China by 嘉祥 Jiaxiang during the reign of 安帝 An Di, Eastern Jin, A.D. 397-419. It flourished up to the latter part of the Tang dynasty. In 625 it was carried to Japan as Sanron. After the death of Jiaxiang, who wrote the 三論玄義, a northern and southern division took place. While the Mādhyamika denied the reality of all phenomenal existence, and defined the noumenal world in negative terms, its aim seems not to have been nihilistic, but the advocacy of a reality beyond human conception and expression, which in our terminology may be termed a spiritual realm.

三重縣


三重县

see styles
sān chóng xiàn
    san1 chong2 xian4
san ch`ung hsien
    san chung hsien
Mie Prefecture in central Japan

三霊山

see styles
 sanreizan / sanrezan
    さんれいざん
(abbreviation) (See 日本三霊山・にほんさんれいざん) Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

上高地

see styles
 kamikouchi / kamikochi
    かみこうち
(place-name) Kamikouchi (Japan Alps)

下關市


下关市

see styles
xià guān shì
    xia4 guan1 shi4
hsia kuan shih
Shimonoseki, city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

中日本

see styles
 nakanihon; nakanippon
    なかにほん; なかにっぽん
(See 東日本,西日本) central Japan

中日韓


中日韩

see styles
zhōng rì hán
    zhong1 ri4 han2
chung jih han
China, Japan and Korea

中期防

see styles
 chuukibou / chukibo
    ちゅうきぼう
(abbreviation) (See 中期防衛力整備計画) (five-year) medium-term defense program (Japan)

中核派

see styles
 chuukakuha / chukakuha
    ちゅうかくは
Japan Revolutionary Communist League-National Committee; JRCL; Middle Core Faction; Japanese far-left revolutionary group

五大老

see styles
 gotairou / gotairo
    ごたいろう
(hist) (See 五奉行) Council of Five Elders; committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age

五奉行

see styles
 gobugyou / gobugyo
    ごぶぎょう
(hist) (See 五大老) the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

五種鈴


五种铃

see styles
wǔ zhǒng líng
    wu3 zhong3 ling2
wu chung ling
 goshu ryō
The five kinds of bells used by the Shingon sect in Japan, also called 金剛鈴, i. e. 五鈷鈴, 賣鈴, 一鈷. 三鈷鈴, 塔鈴; the different names are derived from their handles; the four first named, beginning with the five-pronged one, are placed each at a corner of the altar, the last in the middle.

五等爵

see styles
 gotoushaku / gotoshaku
    ごとうしゃく
(hist) (See 公爵,侯爵,伯爵,子爵,男爵・1) five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)

交詢社

see styles
 koujunsha / kojunsha
    こうじゅんしゃ
(place-name) Kōjunsha; first social club established in Japan (1880)

京都府

see styles
jīng dū fǔ
    jing1 du1 fu3
ching tu fu
 kyoutofu / kyotofu
    きょうとふ
Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area); (place-name) Kyōto Prefecture

仁座鯛

see styles
 nizadai; nizadahi; nizadai
    にざだい; にざだひ; ニザダイ
(kana only) scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

令制国

see styles
 ryouseikoku / ryosekoku
    りょうせいこく
(hist) (See 律令制) province of Japan (under the ritsuryō system)

伴天連

see styles
 bateren
    ばてれん
(ateji / phonetic) (1) Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por: padre); (2) Christianity; Christian

佐世保

see styles
zuǒ shì bǎo
    zuo3 shi4 bao3
tso shih pao
 sasebo
    させぼ
Sasebo, city and naval port in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
(place-name) Sasebo

倭建命

see styles
 yamatotakerunomikoto
    やまとたけるのみこと
(person) Yamatotakeru no Mikoto (12th Emperor of Japan); Prince Yamatotakeru

倶吠羅


倶吠罗

see styles
jù fèi luó
    ju4 fei4 luo2
chü fei lo
 Kubeira
Kuvera; Kubera; the god of riches, Vaiśravaṇa, regent of the north; having three legs and eight teeth; in Japan Bishamon. Also 倶乞羅 and numerous other names; cf. 毘.

全共闘

see styles
 zenkyoutou / zenkyoto
    ぜんきょうとう
(abbreviation) (See 全学共闘会議) All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

全学連

see styles
 zengakuren
    ぜんがくれん
(org) All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations (abbreviation); Zengakuren; (o) All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations (abbreviation); Zengakuren

全日本

see styles
 zennihon; zennippon
    ぜんにほん; ぜんにっぽん
(can act as adjective) (1) all-Japan; (2) (abbreviation) all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships

全米輸

see styles
 zenbeiyu / zenbeyu
    ぜんべいゆ
(o) Japan Rice and Rice Industry Export Promotion Association (abbreviation); JRE

八一五

see styles
bā yī wǔ
    ba1 yi1 wu3
pa i wu
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)

八洲国

see styles
 yashimakuni
    やしまくに
(archaism) Japan

八王子

see styles
bā wáng zǐ
    ba1 wang2 zi3
pa wang tzu
 hachiouji / hachioji
    はちおうじ
Hachiōji (city); (place-name, surname) Hachiouji; Hachioji
The eight sons of the last of the 20,000 shining Buddhas 燈明佛 born before he left home to become a monk; their names are given in the first chapter of the Lotus sūtra. In Japan there are also eight sons of a Shinto deity, reincarnated as one of the six Guanyin.

公取委

see styles
 koutorii / kotori
    こうとりい
(org) Japan Fair Trade Commission (abbreviation); (o) Japan Fair Trade Commission (abbreviation)

六国史

see styles
 rikkokushi
    りっこくし
Rikkokushi; six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods

兵庫縣


兵库县

see styles
bīng kù xiàn
    bing1 ku4 xian4
ping k`u hsien
    ping ku hsien
Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]

内務省

see styles
 naimushou / naimusho
    ないむしょう
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

内地人

see styles
 naichijin
    ないちじん
(1) (used by people in Hokkaido and Okinawa) people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; (2) (obsolete) Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)

北前船

see styles
 kitamaebune
    きたまえぶね
(hist) cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

北日本

see styles
 kitanihon; kitanippon
    きたにほん; きたにっぽん
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido); (place-name) Kitanihon

北海道

see styles
běi hǎi dào
    bei3 hai3 dao4
pei hai tao
 hokkaidou / hokkaido
    ほっかいどう
Hokkaidō, Japan
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit); (place-name) Hokkaidō (island prefecture in the north)

北陸道

see styles
 hokurikudou / hokurikudo
    ほくりくどう
(1) (hist) (See 七道) Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; (2) (See 北陸) Hokurikudō; highway running through the Hokuriku region

十二律

see styles
 juuniritsu / juniritsu
    じゅうにりつ
(See 雅楽) ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)

千葉縣


千叶县

see styles
qiān yè xiàn
    qian1 ye4 xian4
ch`ien yeh hsien
    chien yeh hsien
Chiba prefecture, Japan

千里竹

see styles
 nezasa
    ねざさ
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

半島系

see styles
 hantoukei / hantoke
    はんとうけい
(colloquialism) Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent

南北朝

see styles
nán běi cháo
    nan2 bei3 chao2
nan pei ch`ao
    nan pei chao
 nanbokuchou / nanbokucho
    なんぼくちょう
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
(1) (hist) Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; (2) (hist) Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
the northern and southern dynasties

南日本

see styles
 minaminihon; minaminippon
    みなみにほん; みなみにっぽん
southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)

南蛮寺

see styles
 nanbanji
    なんばんじ
(hist) (See 南蛮・3) Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century; (given name) Nanbanji

厚生相

see styles
hòu shēng xiàng
    hou4 sheng1 xiang4
hou sheng hsiang
minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)

厚生省

see styles
hòu shēng shěng
    hou4 sheng1 sheng3
hou sheng sheng
 kouseishou / kosesho
    こうせいしょう
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3])
(obsolete) (See 厚生労働省) (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare; (o) (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

参議院

see styles
 sangiin / sangin
    さんぎいん
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

古事記

see styles
 kojiki; furukotofumi
    こじき; ふることふみ
Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

古代語

see styles
 kodaigo
    こだいご
(hist) (See 中世) ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)

古神道

see styles
 koshintou / koshinto
    こしんとう
(hist) ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

名古屋

see styles
míng gǔ wū
    ming2 gu3 wu1
ming ku wu
 nagoya
    なごや
Nagoya, city in Japan
Nagoya (city); (place-name, surname) Nagoya

和時計

see styles
 wadokei / wadoke
    わどけい
clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

和歌山

see styles
hé gē shān
    he2 ge1 shan1
ho ko shan
 wakayama
    わかやま
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
Wakayama (city, prefecture); (place-name, surname) Wakayama

和漢洋

see styles
 wakanyou / wakanyo
    わかんよう
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning

喜宝院

see styles
 kohouin / kohoin
    こほういん
(place-name) Kihouin (the southernmost temple in Japan)

四日市

see styles
sì rì shì
    si4 ri4 shi4
ssu jih shih
 yotsukaichi
    よつかいち
Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan
(surname) Yotsukaichi

四明山

see styles
sì míng shān
    si4 ming2 shan1
ssu ming shan
 Shimyō san
A mountain range in Ningbo prefecture where the 四明 are clearly seen, i. e. sun, moon, stars, and constellations. 知禮 Zhili of the Sung dynasty is known as the 四明尊者 honoured one of Siming and his school as the 四明家 Siming school in the direct line of Tiantai. In Japan Mt. Hiei 比叡山 is known by this title, through Dengyo 傳教 the founder of the Japanese Tiantai School.

国税庁

see styles
 kokuzeichou / kokuzecho
    こくぜいちょう
(1) National Tax Agency (Japan); (2) (general term) national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)

国絵図

see styles
 kuniezu
    くにえず
provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)

国緊隊

see styles
 kokukintai
    こくきんたい
(abbreviation) (See 国際緊急援助隊) Japan International Cooperation Agency; JICA

国語科

see styles
 kokugoka
    こくごか
Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)

土蜘蛛

see styles
 tsuchigumo
    つちぐも
(1) (kana only) Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); (2) tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

在特会

see styles
 zaitokukai
    ざいとくかい
(org) Zaitokutai (abbreviation); Zainichi Tokken o Yurusanai Shimin no Kai (The Citizens Group That Will Not Forgive Special Privileges for Koreans in Japan); (o) Zaitokutai (abbreviation); Zainichi Tokken o Yurusanai Shimin no Kai (The Citizens Group That Will Not Forgive Special Privileges for Koreans in Japan)

地銀協

see styles
 chiginkyou / chiginkyo
    ちぎんきょう
(org) (abbreviation) Regional Banks Association of Japan; (o) (abbreviation) Regional Banks Association of Japan

城下町

see styles
 joukamachi / jokamachi
    じょうかまち
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord; (place-name) Jōshitamachi

外タレ

see styles
 gaitare
    がいタレ
(abbreviation) (See 外国人タレント) foreign TV or radio personality (in Japan)

外務省


外务省

see styles
wài wù shěng
    wai4 wu4 sheng3
wai wu sheng
 gaimushou / gaimusho
    がいむしょう
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs; (o) Ministry of Foreign Affairs

大乘宗

see styles
dà shèng zōng
    da4 sheng4 zong1
ta sheng tsung
 daijō shū
The school of Mahāyāna, attributed to the rise in India of the Mādhyamika, i.e. the 中觀 or 三論 school ascribed to Nāgārjuna, and the Yoga 瑜伽 or Dharmalakṣaṇa 法相 school, the other schools being Hīnayāna. In China and Japan the 倶舍 and 成實 are classed as Hīnayāna, the rest being Mahāyāna , of which the principal schools are 律, 法相 , 三論, 華嚴, 天台, 眞言 , 淨土 , 禪 q.v.

大八洲

see styles
 ooyashima
    おおやしま
(abbreviation) (archaism) (ancient name appearing in the Kojiki) (See 大八洲国) Japan; (surname) Ooyashima

大分縣


大分县

see styles
dà fēn xiàn
    da4 fen1 xian4
ta fen hsien
Ōita prefecture, Japan

大和琴

see styles
 yamatogoto
    やまとごと
ancient Japanese koto (thought to be native to Japan)

大和絵

see styles
 yamatoe
    やまとえ
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)

大学寮

see styles
 daigakuryou; ootsukasa / daigakuryo; ootsukasa
    だいがくりょう; おおつかさ
(hist) (See 律令制) Daigaku-ryō; former imperial university of Japan, established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators

大日宗

see styles
dà rì zōng
    da4 ri4 zong1
ta jih tsung
 Dainichi Shū
The cult of Vairocana especially associated with the 胎藏界 Garbhakośadhātu, or phenomenal world. The cult has its chief vogue in Japan.

大日本

see styles
 dainippon; dainihon
    だいにっぽん; だいにほん
(poetic term) Great Japan

大本営

see styles
 daihonei / daihone
    だいほんえい
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)

大辯天


大辩天

see styles
dà biàn tiān
    da4 bian4 tian1
ta pien t`ien
    ta pien tien
 Daiben ten
Sarasvatī 大辯才天 (大辯才女); 大辯功德天 (大辯才功德天); 薩羅婆縛底; 薩羅酸底 A river, 'the modern Sursooty'; the goddess of it, who 'was persuaded to descend from heaven and confer her invention of language and letters on the human race by the sage Bhārata, whence one of her names is Bharatī'; sometimes assumes the form of a swan; eloquence, or literary elegance is associated with her. Cf. M. W. Known as the mother of speech, eloquence, letters, and music. Chinese texts describe this deity sometimes as male, but generally as female, and under several forms. As 'goddess of music and poetry' she is styled 妙 (or 美 ) 音天; 妙音樂天; 妙音佛母. She is represented in two forms, one with two arms and a lute, another with eight arms. Sister of Yama. 'A consort of both Brahmā and Mañjuśrī,' Getty. In Japan, when with a lute, Benten is a form of Saravastī, colour white, and riding a peacock. Tib. sbyaṅs-can-ma, or ṅag-gi-lha-mo; M. kele-yin iikin tegri; J. ben-zai-ten, or benten.

天保暦

see styles
 tenpoureki / tenporeki
    てんぽうれき
(hist) Tenpō calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar, in use from 1844 to 1872

天台宗

see styles
tiān tái zōng
    tian1 tai2 zong1
t`ien t`ai tsung
    tien tai tsung
 tendaishuu / tendaishu
    てんだいしゅう
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu
The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'.

天橋立


天桥立

see styles
tiān qiáo lì
    tian1 qiao2 li4
t`ien ch`iao li
    tien chiao li
 amanohashidate
    あまのはしだて
Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan
(place-name) Amanohashidate

Variations:

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 ebisu
    えびす
(1) (archaism) (See 蝦夷・1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derogatory term) foreigner; barbarian

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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