And for all of them clearing up you can use 霽れる!
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ぽんかん (= 椪柑)
デコポン
are oranges like 蜜柑 
not about デコピン
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範疇、はんちゅう
Category
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他力本願 たりきほんがん
relying on others, and also “salvation by faith in Amitabha” which is actually the primary meaning
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南北戦争 なんぼくせんそう American civil war
I recently heard this in a podcast about Lincoln. It gets said a lot and is one of few words I’m picking up. I thought it was funny that it’s literally north south war.
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Not so much most recent, but recent enough:
人参 - Human & Participate makes = Carrot.
why Japan. ¯\(°_o)/¯
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no idea why it took me so long to come across the word:
試着 しちゃく trying on clothes
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Because it wasn’t originally 参
That’s a simplification to a similar-looking kanji that most people know. That’s a common source of “why the heck does [something] + [something] = [something seemingly unrelated]
Originally it’s 人蔘
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cool thanks for sharing. 
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