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jmdict 2666420 Active (id: 1079317)
かの国彼の国
かのくに
1. [n]
▶ that country
2. [n] [arch]
▶ nirvana



History:
4. A 2011-11-08 22:33:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Still, worth it for sense 2. I don't think it's right just to have sense 2 alone.
3. A* 2011-11-07 21:39:56  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij - as two terms かの+くに, means "that country"
koj, nikk - as a single term, refers to nirvana
  Comments:
i'm not sure if sense 1 is worth keeping.  surely the more common meaning today, but it's just the sum of its parts
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,6 @@
-<gloss>that distant land (esp. Nirvana, also foreign countries, e.g. USA)</gloss>
-<gloss>the opposite shore</gloss>
+<gloss>that country</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>nirvana</gloss>
2. A* 2011-11-07 10:57:25  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Reword so clearer.
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>distant land</gloss>
-<gloss>opposite shore (esp. Nirvana, also foreign countries, e.g. USA)</gloss>
+<gloss>that distant land (esp. Nirvana, also foreign countries, e.g. USA)</gloss>
+<gloss>the opposite shore</gloss>
1. A* 2011-11-07 10:56:08  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
広辞苑、英辞郎
  Comments:
Same article, used to refer to US.

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