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Japanese, The Borrower Language Part 1: Where The Japanese Language Came From

July 25, 2013 by Sarah W 55 Comments

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English loanwords in Japanese are often a source of amusement for native speakers of English learning Japanese as a second language. There’s so many of them, it seems like if you don’t know a word in Japanese, you can just … [Read more...]

Yamato Kotoba: The REAL Japanese Language

September 13, 2011 by Koichi 43 Comments

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A lot of people don't know this, but the Japanese language is actually a big mishmash of several not-Japanese languages put together. At one time though, a long long time ago, the Japanese language was a slightly less … [Read more...]

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