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Where does “だい%じょう%ぶ” come from?

だい%じょう%ぶ (Japanese) comes from Chinese 大丈夫 — real man; man of character; all right; okay.

Ancestry of “だい%じょう%ぶ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese大丈夫real man; man of character; all right; okay

Words derived from “だい%じょう%ぶ”

  • 大丈夫
  • だい%じょう%ぶ
  • 大丈夫
  • 大丈夫
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