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this week in kanji mistakes - 甘

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kawasaki, 2020.05.06

As I have previously noted, when I first came to this country and started becoming exposed to the writing system, I couldn't help but note that some looked a lot like one thing, but meant another.

For instance, this is the kanji for sweet, and not cow.

rand()m quote

The point isn't revenge. It is justice. Revenge is like a wave that washes up on shore - it always washes back out again. Justice is like the shore - it's still there after the wave comes and goes.

—commenter "JP" on a Rolling Stone article about the crooks running Wall Street