Now Out: Essay 1480 on 斥 (to repel), 2 Revisions, and 5 New-Monics

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Learn to talk about rejecting suggestions and plans, and find out how to say, "They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy." Read about campaigns against Japanese goods, and study Japanese Wikipedia passages about the North American history of banning Asian immigrants. Discover which sports Japan encouraged and disallowed during wartime. Bonus: study space science! 

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This week I posted two essay revisions:

essay 1608 on 漬 (pickle; to immerse, soak)

essay 1686 on 排 (to exclude, expel, reject; anti-; discharge, exhaust, drain; excrete)

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Finally, Ulrike created the following new-monics (which are free!):

姓 (1471: surname)
征 (1472: to head into battle)
牲 (1474: sacrifice)
鋳 (1586: casting)
擁 (1882: to embrace)