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Originally Posted by Kejebra
So essentially the two kanji that represents reality is actually made up of the mainword "real" and the complimentary word "-ity"?
So by adding a kanji I can transform any noun to a verb (for instance by adding that second kanji together with the kanji for "mortal", and I get the word "mortality")?
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No, that`s not what I`m saying. I was making a comparison to a similar type of thinking in English. They aren`t the same, just the same basic ideas.
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English word reality is made up of real and ity. Japanese etymology is different than English, so the only bits that really overlap is the fact that the words are made of parts that carry meaning alone.