Suppose a book devotes one section to a word X and explains

  • The meaning to which this word X refers is, of course, not the dictionary meaning of X
  • Because if you want to refer to the dictionary meaning of X, just cite the entry for X in the dictionary.
  • The observed fact that the author devotes paper and effort to explain the meaning of X strongly suggests that the meaning to which X refers is not the dictionary meaning of X

I thought about titling it “Naturally non-parallel symbol,” but I thought this would be easier to understand.

concrete example

  • COMPREHENSION, the author himself uses it with “UNDERSTAND”, so it should not be translated as “understanding” in an English-Japanese dictionary.
    • This is why we have chosen to express the special meaning of the word in English capitalization without translation
    • conviviality, the author himself writes in the preface, “not in the dictionary sense.”

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