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Where does “巻物” come from?

巻物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

巻物 (Japanese): a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or...

Definitions

  1. a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or...

Ancestry of “巻物”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言い—
3Japanese物言うto talk

Words derived from “巻物”

  • makimono
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