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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.

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