Chewing - Mastication

Japanese: 咀嚼 - そしゃく

〘noun〙① To chew food. Also, to chew and savor the taste. ※Sankyo Shiki (around 797), Vol. 1: "Chewing hairy creatures, like a teacher tiger" ※Vita Sexualis (1909), Mori Ogai, "There are no teeth in the upper and lower jaws used for chewing" [Sima Xiangyu - Shanglin Fu] ② (By extension) To think carefully about the meaning of a sentence or matter, fully understand it, and savor it. ※Kaden (around 760), Vol. 2: "The public reveres the way of inaction, the taste of chewing emptiness and mystery, leisure and self-sufficiency, and trusting oneself beyond all things" ※Keikoku Bidan (1883-84), Yano Ryukei, Vol. 2: "The direct translation into Roman text is omitted. When you chew it, you will surely find a certain pleasure in it" [Bunshin Choryu - Preface]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 食物をかみくだくこと。また、かみくだいて味わうこと。※三教指帰（797頃）上「咀嚼毛類、既如師虎」※ヰタ・セクスアリス（1909）〈森鴎外〉「咀嚼に使ふ上下の顎に歯なんぞは」〔司馬相如‐上林賦〕② (転じて) 文章や事柄の意味などをよく考えて十分に理解し味わうこと。※家伝（760頃）下「公欽仰無為之道、咀嚼虚玄之味、優遊自足、託心物外」※経国美談（1883‐84）〈矢野龍渓〉後「欧文直訳体は〈略〉之を咀嚼するときは其間に於て必ず一種の趣味あるを発見し得べし」〔文心雕龍‐序志〕

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