Timeline for Why is 間{かん} used to denote some amounts of time but not others?
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| S Feb 6, 2013 at 21:46 | history | suggested | Troyen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added spacing to make it slightly easier to read with so much interspersed furigana/kanji.
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| Feb 6, 2013 at 21:26 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Dec 21, 2012 at 4:22 | vote | accept | ssb | ||
| Dec 20, 2012 at 16:28 | comment | added | PhiLho | "Just because" is often a good (if not satisfying) answer to most language-related questions. Etymology can explain some deep reasons, but not always (thats a speculative field...). | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 11:08 | comment | added | ssb | You preempted me on the 一時間間 issue, although I kind of suspected that the answer to that would be "just because." If that's the most satisfying answer that anyone can give then so be it, I guess. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 11:05 | history | edited | user1016 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 83 characters in body
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| Dec 19, 2012 at 10:57 | history | answered | user1016 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |