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Where does “同音異義語” come from?
同音異義語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.
同音異義語
(Japanese): a homophone
Definitions
a homophone
Ancestry of “同音異義語”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
語
a word, term; a proverb; language of, -ese, -ish
2
Chinese
語
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