Processing - Kako

Japanese: 加工 - かこう

〘 noun 〙① To add something artificial; to work something with one's hands. To make a new product by modifying raw materials or other products. *Someone Else's Face (1964) by Abe Kobo, in his Black Notebook: "Even today, savages have no qualms about modifying faces." ② By law, to modify a natural object or someone else's property, especially movable property, and change it into a different shape. [Regulations Concerning Goods Imported for Processing (Meiji 39) (1906)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 人工を加えること。手を加えて細工すること。原料または他の製品に手を加えて、新しい製品を作ること。※他人の顔（1964）〈安部公房〉黒いノート「いまでも未開人は平気で顔を加工する」② 法律で、天然物または他人の所有物、ことに動産に工作を加えて、それを他の形状に変更すること。〔加工の為輸入する物品に関する制（明治三九年）（1906）〕

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