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Mitate: Seeing One Thing as Another

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https://scrapbox.io/files/6633a830fb531b0024f0de37.png Mitate means viewing and selecting. Selection, appraisal, diagnosis, comparison. Expressing an object by likening it to another thing. In his dialogue with Masakazu Yamazaki, “A Guest for Half a Day, a Friend for One Night,” Saiichi Maruya discusses “Japanese fondness for mitate.” #word

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