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history of civilization; history of civilisation

eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)

arabesque; scrollwork

circular (document); circulating letter

linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)

to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

Computing

syntactic error

high culture

Heian-period kana writing

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

alphanumeric character

skilled writer

Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)

twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

bibliography

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

same race and same language

search string

Proverb

the early bird catches the worm

study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography

Panama Papers

pornographic literature; sensual literature; erotic literature

Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Siddham script