What's the Difference Between On'yomi and Kun'yomi Kanji?
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
What's the Difference Between a Chinese and a Japanese Reading?
There are some congi in japanese that you would think they have to have their own word for. Some examples of konji only have a chinese reading, doctor, like isha e, stomach. Niku does not have japanese reading. Sol ok probably didn't have elephants feeling. No one had feelings. A oranji nokan, no feelings, maybejs, ind i bet it's a litle more complicated than we thought. All of these have slowly evolved over time but that is their origin. And they're all used in slightly different contexts.
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