rangaku
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning".
Noun
[edit]rangaku (uncountable)
- (historical) The Japanese study of Western knowledge.
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 蘭学 (literally “Dutch learning”).
Noun
[edit]rangaku ? (uncountable)
- (historical) study of Western knowledge. Dutch authorities from Deshima passed on Western knowledge and history of the world outside Japan onto the Japanese court in annual tea-sessions
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]rangaku
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