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Where does “卡哇伊” come from?

卡哇伊 (Chinese) comes from Japanese かわいい — 可愛い cute, adorable, pretty; pitiable, pitiful.

卡哇伊 (Chinese): kawaii; cute

Definitions

  1. kawaii; cute

Ancestry of “卡哇伊”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかわいい可愛い cute, adorable, pretty; pitiable, pitiful
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