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manucode@infosec.pub 6 months agoI 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.
Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.
manucode@infosec.pub 6 months agoI 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.
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 6 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.