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折
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tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
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Idiomatic expression
to give in (after initially resisting); to yield; to concede; to break (one's) horn
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From the Strategies of the Warring States
to compromise one's principles; to betray one's principles
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Miura map fold; special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays
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Historical term
debt bondage (ritsuryō system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt
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Rare term; Idiomatic expression
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
Examples
彼は、しばしば、無駄骨を折る。
He often goes off on wild goose chases.
