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名著めいちょ (meicho)

famous book; masterpiece

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名著 (めいちょ, meicho) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “famous book; masterpiece”.

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彼かれは世界せかいの名著めいちょを読よみ続つづけている

He always reads the classic books from around the world.

特に1977年に発表した自伝的随筆『私の浅草』は下町の風情を生き生きと綴りあげた名著と評価が高い。

In particular, her autobiographical essay "My Asakusa" published in 1977 was highly praised as a masterpiece that vividly portrays the flavor of downtown Tokyo.

また「巻十四の織田氏」までの数篇が現代語訳で、「頼山陽 日本の名著20」中央公論新社で出されている。

Further, several books up to "Volume 14, the Oda clan" are published in modern Japanese by Chuokoron-shinsha, Inc. under the title of "Sanyo RAI Nihon no Meicho [Japanese classic] volume 20."

1968年に日本近代文学館から「名著複刻全集 近代文学館 明治前期29」として『学問のすすめ初編』が復刻されている。

The first edition of Gakumon no Susume was reprinted in 1968 as "Great books reprinted series, Modern museum of literature, the first half of the Meiji period, 29", from Nihon Kindai Bungakukan.

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