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影印 (えいいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
facsimile ; photographic reproduction
Refers to a facsimile or exact copy, especially of documents or artworks, often produced by photographic or printing processes. Can be used as a noun or as a suru verb.
この 本ほん は 原げん 稿こう を 影えい 印いん し た もの です 。
This book is a photographic reproduction of the manuscript.
Kanji 影 shadow, silhouette, phantom Similar words 複ふく 製せい 複製 is a general term for reproduction or duplication, while 影印 specifically implies a photographic or exact facsimile copy.
ファクシミリ ファクシミリ is a loanword often used for fax or exact copy, but 影印 is the native Sino-Japanese term with a similar meaning.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 影 (shadow, image) and 印 (print, mark), literally 'image print'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used to refer to facsimile reproductions.
