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Re: [edict-jmdict] 人間

On 2/1/08, Jim Rose <jim@kanjicafe.com> wrote:
> Anybody able to shed some light why Ayuki Hamasaki's song "Dearest"
> spells "ひと" with the kanji 人間?  EDICT is silent.
It's a pretty common practice in song lyrics. Other examples include
瞳(め), 宇宙(そら), 時間(とき), 地球(ほし) or even 心(ハート). I guess it's to indicate
which one of the meanings of the sung word is used.

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WBR, Igor