Where does “強がる” come from?

強がる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 強 — slightly more than.

強がる (Japanese): to pretend to be tough, to bluff

Definitions

  1. to pretend to be tough, to bluff

Ancestry of “強がる”, step by step

強がる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 強

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese強slightly more than

via Japanese がる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseがるfeel; pretend
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