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“Extracting from or excerpting” in Japanese

Short answer
抄物 shoumono しょーもの

Extracting from or excerpting in Japanese is “抄物” (shoumono). Full meaning: Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; extracting from or excerpting (a classic).

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