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Where does “朝飯前” come from?

朝飯前 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 朝飯, from Japanese 朝, from Old Japanese 朝, from Proto-Japonic asa.

朝飯前 (Japanese): A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...

Definitions

  1. A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...

Ancestry of “朝飯前”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朝飯Breakfast
2Japanese朝the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next...
3Old Japanese朝the morning, morn; the morrow, next morning
4Proto-Japonicasa—
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