mokon
English translation: groundless, baseless, nonexistent
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| 02:33 Dec 22, 2001 |
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|  Selected response from: mimichan Local time: 18:31 | |||
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| 4 +1 | "groundless" |
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| 5 | groundless, baseless, nonexistent |
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21 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1"groundless" Explanation: I think this is a typo and should be "mukon", meaning groundless, unfounded or false. |
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1 hr confidence:
groundless, baseless, nonexistent Explanation: You can translate the sentese as "It is not necessarily true that all the Hikaru stories/tales are groundless/baseless," meaning that noone can prove or establish that the Hikaru stories are nonexistent. It is actually "mukon" not mokon. "Hikaru mono" are stories in which the lives of the ancient Japanese are described, having Hikaru Genji, a handsome prince as a main character. |
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