【Chapter1】Familiar doubts

Words that originally came from
different language sounds

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Oh-rai! Oh-rai!

Common points between gals and business suites

Summary

“オーライ” came from “all right”, “ギャル” came from “girls”, and “背広” came from “civil clothes”.
Although written in kanji, some Japanese words are originally from words of a different language.
You may find an unexpected etymology out of familiar words just around us!

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