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Japan has countless views to rave about, and this essay teaches many ways of doing so. You’ll learn to refer to a view “of” a tower versus a view “from” that tower. You’ll also understand the meaning of 眺 versus 見, plus 眺め (view) versus 眺望 (view) versus 眼差し (look). Bonus: finding out about Japan’s first Western-style skyscraper (with the nation’s first electric elevator)!

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essay 1165 on 挟 (to hold between; insert; be caught in)

essay 1290 on 彩 (color; to paint)

essay 1651 on 塔 (tower; pagoda; monument)

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