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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
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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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