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Why do days of the week use on-yomi kanji readings?
I would like to know if there is detailed information as to why days of the week use on-yomi readings, for example
月 in 月曜日 【げつようび】
Were these readings (as spoken) imported from the ...
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Words for Ginkgo in Japanese: ぎんきょう and ぎんなん
I decided to read about the words for Ginkgo in Japanese (as in Ginkgo biloba).
I was surprised to learn that Ginkgo comes from Japanese! According to
Wikipedia, Engelbert Kaempfer, while writing ...
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Reading 塞 and 省: When on and kun readings go together
I looked up 塞 in my 漢和辞典, and I found four readings:
音：サイ、ソク
訓：とりで、ふさ・ぐ
What I noticed is that サイ is used when the kanji means とりで, and ソク is used when the kanji means ふさぐ:
「とりで」の意味： ...
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same reading, similar meaning, different Kanji [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
do people actually respect the nuances of 探す vs 捜す?
There are many kanji that I have come across with similar meanings, and (seemly coincidentally) identical readings. ...
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Why is 五右衛門 read “goemon”?
Why is the name 五右衛門 read as ごえもん?
How can the three kanji 五右衛 be read with only two syllables?
