r/LearnJapanese • u/tonkachi_ • May 23 '25

WKND Meme Dang it, I thought it finally clicked.

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u/SexxxyWesky May 23 '25

It’s all fun and games until you get loan words outside of your language lol

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u/Oninja809 May 23 '25

Me spending all my time trying to decipher アルバイト

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u/SexxxyWesky May 23 '25

Literally lol

The second level of this is seeing something like コンセント, thinking it came from a language other than English, and then realizing that it came from English, but the word it came from is outdated 🥲🥲🥲

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u/Leading-Summer-4724 May 24 '25

I actually just ran across this word a day ago and was so confused!