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orihon

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o⋅ri⋅hon

  [awr-ee-hon, ohr-]
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–noun
1. a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
2. a book consisting of leaves, printed on one side only, uncut at the fore edge.
Origin:
1905–10; < Japn, equiv. to ori fold + hon book (< fon < MChin, equiv. to Chin běn)
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