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05-17-2008, 03:52 PM

yeah that's exactly what i meant, like you keep the word but if you add another to it, it can change it's meaning completely. I can't give an example, the books were borrowed from libraries and such so i can't look any up
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過去 (かこ) = Past

現在 (げんざい) = Present

未来 (みらい) = Future
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05-20-2008, 07:52 PM

I've always liked this for some reason :

生年月日 (seinengappi - date of birth)

Is quite logical
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初恋 (はつこい) = First love

失恋 (しつれん) = Disappointed Love
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05-26-2008, 04:02 AM

The kanji what I like most is "KANJI"! haha~~

漢字

In Japanese ,almost all kanji are come from China, some of them are created by Japanese.

there are many meanings of "漢"----peoples of China, man, one of the dynasty in Chinese history called "漢", a river called "漢水". and we read it "Han" in Chinese.
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"hadara" meaning "naked" in japanese.
Actually it is "hadaka".
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人種差別くそ - surely the most useful word/phrase for foreigners living in Japan.
Wow. Why would you say that?

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火星 - かせい
This compound means Mars, the planet. It is a compound of the characters fire, 火, and star, 星.


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