How many mirror vocabulary words are there beyond Honor and Glory

Yes, that’s precisely what I meant. In every situation, you should definitely use the exact words “I’m humbled”.

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My favorite by far is:

  • 中心 (ちゅうしん) : center
  • 心中 (しんじゅう) : double suicide

At least their meaning are pretty far apart…

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階段(かいだん) - stairs
段階(だんかい) - stage
comes to mind - probably because they’re pretty fresh for me.

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会議かいぎ - meeting
議会ぎかい - Diet/congress/whatever
are currently causing me a little trouble

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凹凸(おうとつ) - uneven
凸凹(でこぼこ) - uneven

Same meanings, dramatically different readings.

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ちゅう - halfway / midway
ちゅう - …halfway / midway :sweat_smile:

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One that is probably only relevant to me:
分子 ぶんし molecule
子分 こぶん henchman

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Two with (almost) the same meaning
木材 (もくざい) wood
材木 (ざいもく) lumber

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Not in every situation :stuck_out_tongue:

Princess 王女(おうじょ) and Queen 女王(じょおう)

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Because you and your henchman discuss molecules?

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Oh boy, I got bit by this one in a book a few months ago. I was very confused!

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You wouldn’t believe how close you are.
… you are in fact so close, it’s technically true.

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I only remembered it because it’s the only set i haven’t got confused, since I already knew the vocabulary from 赤髪の白雪姫 (Snow White with the Red Hair), where the main character is addressed as 「王女様」 XD

Every other set, on the other hand… ¯\ _ (^ ~ ^')_ /¯

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論理 (ろんり)
理論(りろん)
Yes i don’t know how to add furigana. And yes i don’t know them yet. All i know one is “logic” while the other is “theory”

Meeting starts with the kanji for meet, that’s how i remember it.

I remember them because 論理的 (logical) is pretty common.

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Oh. Thanks

it is not stupid if it is working.
But it looks hard to remember :slight_smile:

You humble me. :bowing_man:

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