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Where does “一日三秋” come from?

一日三秋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一日三秋 (Japanese): waiting impatiently; time dragging on

Definitions

  1. waiting impatiently; time dragging on

Ancestry of “一日三秋”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate
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