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Japan · Japanese meaning
Anagachi once described someone’s manner
Modern Japanese anagachi appears with negatives to mean not necessarily. The Classical Japanese adjective anagachinari could instead mean forceful, selfish, or earnest. Familiar sounds do not guarantee the same function in an old text.
A word can need a different reading when it crosses centuries.
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