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Understood by only a few. / (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. / Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. / Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.

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arcane

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Source Word

arcane

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɑɹˈkeɪn/

Adjective

broadly

Understood by only a few. / (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. / Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. / Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.

Japanese Meaning

少数の人にしか理解されない / 神秘的で謎めいた / 秘密または神秘的な知識を要する（理解するために） / 非常に古く、場合によっては時代遅れである可能性がある

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She spent years studying arcane manuscripts that few contemporary historians could decipher.

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彼女はごく少数の現代の歴史学者にしか解読できない秘伝の写本を何年も研究していた。

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Sense（1）

Understood by only a few.

arcane rituals

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Sense（2）

(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.

arcane origins

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Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.

A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.

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