Have you noticed many words that have the same bases/roots in both English and Japanese? I’m a casual etymology nerd and it delights me every time I notice these. Let’s make a list! Try to only add words that have the same number of morphemes . Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units. To mak…

Words with the same bases/roots in both English and Japanese

oesterreich March 10, 2021, 10:49pm 62

This got me curious so I looked up アナナス but it seems like パイナップル is the word people actually use. Alas.

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