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Examples:

打ち出す うちだす

  1. to emboss
  2. to print; to print out
  3. to come out with; to hammer out; to set forth; to work out (e.g. policy)
  4. to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
  5. to begin striking; to start beating
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