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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by rendaw on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:52AM (#36802314)
This may be an Ateji, using Chinese characters phonetically to represent loan words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji
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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by routerl on Saturday July 22, 2023 @09:31AM (#36826065)
They're the same characters in Chinese, and pronounced differently, so I doubt your hypothesis in this case.
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