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No exact point in time can be pinned down to determine when this mess was created. This train wreck of a written language has taken centuries to get to this point of twisted carnage.
It could have been worse. Just imagine if Japan had been adjacent ancient Egypt.
Fascinating. I had no idea. Now I am wondering if the actual kanji used are different. Just another rabbit hole.
yup guess that makes a lot of sense! But one of my Chinese friends stubbornly insists that the list made a mistake about the terms "history" and "time". Guess he just didn't like the fact that China borrowed something from Japan@GrinningBobcat take a look at the discussion below the list in the first link, there are some interesting points there. The general idea is that Japan didn't necessarily identify the concepts before China, just the particular compounds, many of which were the result of translations from western words. Of course China had history and records long before the word 歴史 came into existence, but perhaps those concepts were described using different combinations of characters.
LOL I'm not accusing you of anything, and I was definitely not holding you responsible for that mistake, so no need to feel that you have to rebuke the claim. Personally I couldn't care less about the origins of these words even though it's interesting to know. I only stated my friend's findings because I was quite amused at his behavior. He was committed to such a thorough research as if he had something at stake. So I just share it so his research wouldn't go in vainHmm well I only found that list through a quick search. I was surprised to see 歴史 on that list as well; I was only aware of words like 電話 myself. Without knowing the sources for the list, I can provide no explanation or counter to what your friend has found out
Sorry, but what are you referring to?I believe that these are the wrong information
This is what you see now when a person is hurt or injured or needs some assistance ; the person dies while everyone gets their pic. Also like this when a police officer is trying to do his job , LOL.