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“I guess words, and dictionaries, must always exist in the narrow, perilous space between individual and authority, internal freedom and public governance.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“Words and the human heart that creates them are absolutely free, with no connection to the powers that be. And that’s as it should be. A ship to enable all people to travel freely across the sea of words—we must continue our efforts to make sure The Great Passage is just that.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“He had brought purifying salt with him to scatter at the doorstep, following custom, but inwardly he cursed the idea. If the professor should choose to come back and watch over them, he would be only too glad.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“The biggest Japanese dictionary of all time was the Great Dictionary of Japanese. Twenty-four years after its first publication, a second edition had come out, increasing the number of entry words from 450,000 to half a million—testimony to the editors’ and contributors’ determination to respond to changes in a living language by ceaselessly collecting words and nurturing the growth of the dictionary.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage