Shukuchi
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The word is a Japanese-language term for various mythical techniques of rapid movement. The characters in the word can be rendered literally as "shrinking the earth," referring to how the technique reduces the spatial distance between two points to achieve its effect.
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The word is a Japanese-language term for various mythical techniques of rapid movement. The characters in the word can be rendered literally as "shrinking the earth," referring to how the technique reduces the spatial distance between two points to achieve its effect.
==History== The word first appears in the Chinese Shenxian Zhuan to describe the ability of the Daoist magician Fei Changfang.
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