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Re:How the words we teach English language learners changed by Gander5739 on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:14AM (#49153200)
> [Japanese] also has words with opposite meanings

These are known as contronyms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym).

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Re:How the words we teach English language learners changed by tdeck on Monday August 03, 2026 @06:59AM (#49154058)
Thank you! It's funny how I have never thought of most of these. The only similar word I could think of was "biweekly".
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