What's the Difference Between On'yomi and Kun'yomi Kanji?
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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How Do We Get From Manogana to Tokio
Sut: How did the chinese characters become japanese characters? Were like now you actually do the meaning of a character a congi, and then it's the same as the japanese meaning. So how do we get that transition? Let's take a step back. Obviously, in japan there was language before they ever had any with any other countries. And another thing to remember is that japan as we know it was not a real thing. It was basically a picture f the cioto area, it was that we like a little bit on the outside.
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