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Larry Hammer (
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2025-04-21 07:57 pm (UTC)
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the dictionary entry for 可 is べし
:head tilts over like a confused puppy:
:head tilts over the other way:
That's ... certainly a decision.
So you understand the second line as something like "A name may be a name, but it is not the eternal name"? Hmmm. Dunno -- taking 可 as the auxiliary verb of a relative clause seems easier to read: "the name that can be named ..."
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no subject
:head tilts over like a confused puppy:
:head tilts over the other way:
That's ... certainly a decision.
So you understand the second line as something like "A name may be a name, but it is not the eternal name"? Hmmm. Dunno -- taking 可 as the auxiliary verb of a relative clause seems easier to read: "the name that can be named ..."