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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adverb (fukushi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
scattered, disperse, loose, disconnected, in pieces, in drops, rustling
onomatopoeic or mimetic wordword usually written using kana alone-
詩人が言葉に対していだく愛情にも似た感情を、科学者は事実(たとえばらばらの事実であれ)に対していだく。
The scientist has a love of facts, even isolated facts, similar to the poet's love of words.
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