Interference

Japanese: 干渉 - かんしょう

〘noun〙① To be involved; a relationship. *A Story about Modernization (1879) by Tsuji Koso, first: "Religion is also a big problem in interfering in politics." ② To interfere in other people's affairs and try to make them submit to one's will. *Plum in the Snow (1886) by Suehiro Tetsucho, first: "You also have parents, so can you tolerate their interference?" ③ When one country interferes in the domestic and foreign affairs of another country. *On Treaty Revision (1889) by Shimada Saburo, fourth: "Foreign countries have no right of appointment, so on what basis can they interfere in appointments?" [Book of the Later Han - Eastern Barbarians] ④ When the government interferes in the activities of private citizens or individuals. ※Future Japan (1886) by Tokutomi Soho, vol. 5 "If we look at political society, even things that should be left to the individual's freedom cannot escape political interference." 5. When two or more waves of the same kind meet at the same place, they overlap and strengthen or weaken each other. In sound waves, this produces a beat, and in light, it produces interference fringes .

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Japanese:

〘名〙① かかわりあうこと。関係。※開化のはなし（1879）〈辻弘想〉初「宗教は〈略〉其政治上に干渉(カンショウ)する亦大ひなり」② 他人のことに立ち入り、自分の意志に従わせようとすること。※雪中梅（1886）〈末広鉄腸〉上「君にも御両親が在て、干渉を受けらるるか」③ 一国が他国の内政、外交に口出しをすること。※条約改正論（1889）〈島田三郎〉四「外国に指名の権なし、何に依て其任命に干渉するを得ん」〔後漢書‐東夷伝〕④ 政府が民間や個人の活動に口をはさむこと。※将来之日本（1886）〈徳富蘇峰〉五「其政治社会を見れば或は其一己人の自由に任す可きことも猶政治の干渉を免れざるあり」⑤ 二つ以上の同種類の波動が、同一地点で合ったとき、両者が重なって互いに強め合ったり弱め合ったりする現象。音波ではうなりを、光では干渉縞(かんしょうじま)を生ずる。

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