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    3. 拓本

    拓本

    拓たく本ほん

    rubbing

    KMT10News #45+1Ref L2NounArt & DesignHistoryKanji Vocab13 strokes

    たくほん

    Noun

    1.
    rubbing, rubbed copy

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    博はく物ぶつ館かんで古ふるい石せき碑ひの拓たく本ほんを見みた。

    I saw a rubbing of an old stone monument at the museum.

    KMT9Art & DesignHistory
    彼かれは趣しゅ味みで全ぜん国こくの石せき仏ぶつの拓たく本ほんを集あつめている。

    He collects rubbings of stone Buddhas from all over the country as a hobby.

    KMT10Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    拓たく本ほんは、古こ代だいの文も字じや図ず像ぞうを現げん代だいに伝つたえる貴き重ちょうな資し料りょうである。

    Rubbings are valuable materials that convey ancient characters and images to the present day.

    KMT10Art & DesignHistory
    歴れき史し家かは、失うしなわれた碑ひ文ぶんの拓たく本ほんから当とう時じの社しゃ会かいを読よみ解といた。

    Historians deciphered the society of that time from rubbings of lost inscriptions.

    KMT10HistoryArt & Design
    拓たく本ほん制せい作さくは、石いしの表ひょう面めんの凹おう凸とつを紙かみに写うつし取とる伝とう統でん的てきな技ぎ法ほうだ。

    Rubbing production is a traditional technique of transferring the irregularities of a stone surface onto paper.

    KMT10Art & DesignCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    拓
    ひら.く…(3)
    clear (the land)・open・break up (land)
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
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