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18 Feb 2023, 3:50 am

juin

french for june
belg-dutch(ajuin of juin) for onion

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18 Feb 2023, 9:01 am

缶
Kan

It's Japanese for 'can'.

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Likely from Dutch kan (“cylindrical metallic container”), with additional influence from English can (“cylindrical metallic container”). The kanji is an example of ateji (当て字). Alternatively, from Middle Chinese 罐 (kuɑnH, “can; jar; tin”). The usage of 缶 is likely due to a 新字体 (shinjitai) simplification from earlier 旧字体 (kyūjitai) 罐, where the phonetic component 雚 was entirely eliminated.

Okay, this was borderline a cheat, so how about...

雷
kaminari
thunder

This is an easy word to remember, because it is derived from 神鳴り ("god's roar")

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18 Feb 2023, 9:26 am

lutang

It means 'float' in Tagalog.

Lutang ako buong maghapon. :lol: :skull:

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18 Feb 2023, 9:55 am

魔法
mahou
magic

Well, everyone likes magic, right? 外語を読む可能になっていることは魔法のように感じがします

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18 Feb 2023, 12:52 pm

nganga

It means 'mouth gaping' in Tagalog.

Nakanganga lang naman ako magdamag. :lol: :skull:

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18 Feb 2023, 1:04 pm

Oblivisci

'To forget' in Latin

Hence 'oblivion'.

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18 Feb 2023, 1:07 pm

Pene

“Penis” in Spanish

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18 Feb 2023, 1:27 pm

Quare?

Quam ob rem?

Both of these words/phrases mean 'Why?' in Latin

As also does the word 'Cur?'

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18 Feb 2023, 1:35 pm

理由
riyuu
reason (in the sense of 'cause')

Why pick this word? 理由がない

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18 Feb 2023, 1:41 pm

sawsaw

It means 'to dip' in tagalog.

Sawsaw nanaman itong saling pusa.

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18 Feb 2023, 1:45 pm

tartamudear

“to stutter” in Spanish

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18 Feb 2023, 1:47 pm

鬱陶しい
uttoushii
gloomy, depressing

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Vincere

'To win' in Latin

Hence 'victory'

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18 Feb 2023, 1:52 pm

私
watashi
I, myself

I find it amusing that the word for 'I' is three syllables in Japanese. If you're being formal, you could even bump it up to four: watakushi. (This is helped somewhat by the fact that Japanese often leaves the subject implicit, so you don't use the word as much as in English. It's still very common though. 僕/boku is a commonly used word for 'I' as well, but that's still two syllables.)

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23 Feb 2023, 3:38 am

新西兰 (Xīnxīlán)

"New Zealand" in Mandarin Chinese

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23 Feb 2023, 6:55 pm

幽霊
yuurei
ghost

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