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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoI wanna know how “Nihon” got turned into “Japan” in the first place. A lot of things are just from the foreigner mishearing; but how the hell did someone mishear “Nihon” as “Japan?” They don’t even sound close! Not even from a thick Japanese accent!
I wanna know how “Nihon” got turned into “Japan” in the first place. A lot of things are just from the foreigner mishearing; but how the hell did someone mishear “Nihon” as “Japan?” They don’t even sound close! Not even from a thick Japanese accent!
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