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Where does “もやもや” come from?

もやもや (Japanese) comes from Japanese もや — 靄 mist.

もやもや (Japanese): hazily, foggily, mistily; gloomily, fuzzily; to...

Definitions

  1. hazily, foggily, mistily; gloomily, fuzzily; to...

Ancestry of “もやもや”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseもや靄 mist

Words derived from “もやもや”

  • moyamoya
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