Around what time did the Japanese start using Chinese numbers? For example, 八百長 pronounced やおちょう rather than using the modern はっぴゃく.
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八百長(やおちょう) is a one word, if you extract first two "八百", it will become "はっぴゃく" (meaning - 800) there is no relation between those two. Regarding the word "八百長" timeline, Wikipedia, and Gogen guide, it starts using at Meiji-Era (1868–1912) |
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