I assume that 蚤の市 is a loan word and フリーマーケット a calque. But I don’t speak any Japanese.
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trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 months agoWouldn’t it be both? Assuming 蚤の市 and フリーマーケット have the same meaning.
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randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 months ago
No, it’s the other way around. 蚤 means flea and 市 means market. フリーマーケット sounds like flea market.
dojan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yep! nomi no ichi. Nomi (蚤) means flea, and ichi (市) means market, no (の) is a possessive particle making it “flea’s market” or “market of flea”