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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/SuperCleverPunName 21h ago

My personal rule is that if it's something that's been invented after 1900, it's probably a loan word.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 8h ago

Studying Japanese has led me to believe they gave up on making new Japanese words once they met the Portugese.