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Where does “押忍” come from?

押忍 (Japanese) comes from Japanese おはようございます, from Japanese おはよう, from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

押忍 (Japanese): hey, yo!; yes sir!

Definitions

  1. hey, yo!; yes sir!

Ancestry of “押忍”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseおはようございますgood morning
2Japaneseおはようgood morning
3Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
4Middle Chinese御—
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