Inkoku - Inkoku

Japanese: 陰刻 - いんこく
Inkoku - Inkoku
〘 noun 〙① Carving letters or pictures into a concave shape. ⇔ Relief engraving. [Modern Technical Dictionary (1931)]② (adjective-verb) Something gloomy and harsh. Something dark and harsh. Also that state. ※Gyonin (1912-13)〈Natsume Soseki〉Jinro "When the inscribed winter was swept away by the winds of the equinox" [New Book of Tang - Biography of the Cruel Official, Cui Qi]

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 文字や絵画を凹形に彫り込むこと。⇔陽刻。〔現代術語辞典(1931)〕② (形動) 陰気できびしいこと。暗くきびしいこと。またそのさま。※行人(1912‐13)〈夏目漱石〉塵労「陰刻(インコク)な冬が彼岸の風に吹き払はれた時」 〔新唐書‐酷吏伝・崔器〕

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