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Where does “胤違い” come from?

胤違い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 違い, from Japanese 違う, from Japanese 交う — together, past each other.

胤違い (Japanese): uterine sibling

Definitions

  1. uterine sibling

Ancestry of “胤違い”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese違いdifference; difference, discrepancy; being...
2Japanese違う—
3Japanese交うtogether, past each other
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