Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 27, 2006 08:02
17 yrs ago
Japanese term
印香
Japanese to English
Other
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Incense
Not sure what a good translation of this would be....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | in-koh pressed incense |
RieM
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| 3 | incense |
Brandon Wood
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| 2 | caked incense |
cinefil
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Proposed translations
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in-koh pressed incense
印香 is different from the other types of pressed incense (sticks, coils, etc.), in that 印香 is to be heated, like 香木 while others are to be burned.
http://shoyeido.com/4DLink/4DCGI/1362480005^PRODUCTLIST^wl_inkoh
http://shoyeido.com/4DLink/4DCGI/1362480005^PRODUCTLIST^wl_inkoh
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Comment: "Thank you, everyone. Since this is a translation about the different kinds of incense I do need to specify what kind of incense it says. I can't really have a list of different incenses that says, "And try our incense, incense and our lovely incense." :D"
39 mins
caked incense
■いん‐こう【印香】（‥カウ）
粉末にした香料を練り合わせ固めて、花の形などに型抜きして乾かした香。
(C)小学館
粉末にした香料を練り合わせ固めて、花の形などに型抜きして乾かした香。
(C)小学館
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incense
I think perhaps just translating this as incense would not be a bad translation at all. Cinefil's translation is accurate in that it describes how the incense is made, but "caked" gives off an image of a softer substance rather than the hard incense that 印香 is. Because 印香 is burned just like any other incense, and in Japan the word has nearly gone out of existence in favor of the more general お香, I think the generic term of incense would do fine.
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