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Where does “中折れ” come from?
中折れ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.
Ancestry of “中折れ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
中
middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
2
Japanese
中今
the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
3
Japanese
今
now; just now; soon
Words derived from “中折れ”
中折れ帽子
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