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orihon
[ awr-ee-hon, ohr- ]
noun
- a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
- a book consisting of leaves, printed on one side only, uncut at the fore edge.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orihon1
1905–10; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + hon book (< fon < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese běn )
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Example Sentences
When this is done it at once becomes a book, and takes the Chinese and Japanese form known as orihon—all the writing on one side of the roll or strip of paper and all the other side blank.
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Now the orihon is complete, and it is the link between the roll and the book.
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