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漢語 かんご N1

  1. Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word
  2. Chinese; language of the Han people

漢語大字典 かんごだいじてん

  1. Grand Chinese Dictionary; Hanyu Da Zidian (multi-volume Chinese character dictionary)

和製漢語 わせいかんご

  1. Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango

和語 わご

  1. Japanese language
  2. native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords); wago
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