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Meiji

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Meiji /ˈmeɪdʒi/

▶noun [as modifier] denoting the period (1868–1912) when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno, marked by modernization and westernization.

– origin Japanese, lit. ‘enlightened government’.

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