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Top storyWhy Shikumi Ends in Mi: The Weird Logic of Word Building
仕組み (Shikumi, mechanism; structure) is one of those Japanese words that makes learners stop and stare, because it looks like a neat compound but ends in a way that feels oddly soft. That little mi at the end isn’t a mist…
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