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Where does “きりがみ” come from?
きりがみ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.
きりがみ
(Japanese): kirigami
Definitions
kirigami
Ancestry of “きりがみ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
紙
paper
2
Middle Chinese
紙
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Words derived from “きりがみ”
kirigami
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