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What's the Difference Between On'yomi and Kun'yomi Kanji?

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Koici, You're Just Like the Hawaii of Asia?

Koici: How do you figure out what to use when, like, if there's all these onomi readings? Koici: Everyone has their own opinion on it. The traditional way is they basely get a congi, and they gannot get a list of readings,. Sometimes it'll be pared down to just a kunyomi and just an onomi... But that's still two readings that you got to think about.

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