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Where does “yari” come from?

yari (English) comes from Japanese やり, from Japanese やる — to do; to give; to send somebody somewhere, to...

yari (English): Any of various sizes of spear used in Japanese...

Definitions

  1. Any of various sizes of spear used in Japanese...

Ancestry of “yari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseやり槍 spear
2Japaneseやるto do; to give; to send somebody somewhere, to...
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