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    3. 抄本

    抄本

    抄しょう本ほん

    excerpt

    KMT10News #43+1Ref L2NounLiteratureKanji Vocab12 strokes

    鈔本

    しょうほん

    Noun

    1.
    excerpt, abridgment, abridgement, book of selections

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    この本ほんの抄しょう本ほんを読よみました。

    I read an excerpt from this book.

    KMT6Literature
    彼かれはその長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつの抄しょう本ほんを作さく成せいした。

    He created an abridgment of that long novel.

    KMT10Literature
    原げん文ぶんのニュアンスを損そこなうことなく、いかに効こう果か的てきな抄しょう本ほんを作つくるかが課か題だいだ。

    The challenge is how to create an effective abridgment without losing the nuances of the original text.

    KMT10Literature
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんの抄しょう本ほんは、読どく者しゃが全ぜん体たい像ぞうを把は握あくするのに役やく立だつ。

    Excerpts of literary works help readers grasp the overall picture.

    KMT10Literature
    彼かれの研けん究きゅう論ろん文ぶんの抄しょう本ほんが学がっ会かい誌しに掲けい載さいされた。

    An abridgment of his research paper was published in the academic journal.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    抄
    extract・selection・summary・copy・spread thin
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
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