Action - Yes

Japanese: 作用 - さよう

〘noun〙① (━suru) The act of something having an effect on something else. Also, that effect. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period)] *Edo Hanjo-ki (1832-36) 5 "Why spare a single word about a small effect? On the contrary, there are many Buddhist teachings." *Kofu (1908) by Natsume Soseki "There are eyes in this world that have a strange effect." [Jingde Chuandeng Lu] ② In mechanics, when two forces act against each other between two objects, the force of one of them. [Kogaku Jiji (1886)] ③ In Brentano's psychology and Husserl's phenomenology, the active intentional function of consciousness when the conscious action is directed toward some content (object). Noesis. [Tetsugaku Jiji (1881)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) あるものが他に影響を与えるようにはたらくこと。また、そのはたらき。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕※江戸繁昌記（1832‐36）五「些少の作用、何ぞ一字を惜まん。却て是れ仏法多子なし」※坑夫（1908）〈夏目漱石〉「世の中には、妙な作用(サヨウ)を持ってる眼があるものだ」〔景徳伝燈録〕② 力学で、二つの物体間に両者の力が働きあうとき、その一方の力。〔工学字彙（1886）〕③ ブレンターノの心理学およびフッサールの現象学で、意識作用がなにかの内容（対象）に向かっている場合の、意識の能動的な志向の働き。ノエシス。〔哲学字彙（1881）〕

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