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jmdict 2855338 Active (id: 2193718)
源氏香
げんじこう
1. [n]
▶ Genjiko
▶ [expl] incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2844978 組香 1. incense-comparing game



History:
4. A 2022-07-02 21:35:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't really think Genjiko is used enough in English to be the leading gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>Genji-ko</gloss>
3. A* 2022-07-02 04:31:04  dine
  Refs:
google images
  Comments:
"Genji-koh" and "Genji incense" are also found; I don't think there is a standard English translation
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>incense-comparing game with each of the 52 outcomes named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji</gloss>
+<gloss>Genjiko</gloss>
+<gloss>Genji-ko</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji</gloss>
2. A 2022-07-01 21:52:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj, etc.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2844978">組香</xref>
1. A* 2022-07-01 02:21:42  dine
  Refs:
源氏香	15711
https://kotobank.jp/word/源氏香-492071
  Comments:
The game involves smelling five packets of incense and discerning which of them are the same and which are different. There are 52 possible outcomes, from "all different" to "all same". The Japanese seem to be the earliest to study mathematical problems of this kind.

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