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  • noun A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).

Etymologies

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Romanization of Japanese 漢語 (かんご, kango) (literally “Chinese language”).

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Examples

  • By mixing the sounds of a kango-hammer and a man shouting over a cartoon, IEYF are the ideal way to start any night of disgraceful debauchery and good-time lunacy with their succulent nonsense.

    planet.journals.ie 2009

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