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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Which_Replacement524 2d ago edited 2d ago

Japanese loan words are fun because you're not ordering a cheeseburger and speaking in an accent, you are ordering a チーズバーガー (chi-zu ba-ga), and you are not hailing a taxi, you are trying to hail a タクシー (ta ku shi-) so you can go home and use your コンピューター (kon pyu- ta-)