• ylph@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    日語 happens to mean Japanese Language, in both written Chinese and Japanese.

    Same for 日本人 (Japanese Person)

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      16 days ago

      日語 technically means Japanese language in Japanese, but no one ever uses it-- I think it’s an outdated usage. Everyone uses 日本語 these days.