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"Michael Cash" wrote ... > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:38:36 GMT, "necoandjeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I guess I'm thankful now > >for having such a diverse vocabulary but I did not need to be learning words > >like 蓄音機 or 女中 during my first year of studying Japanese... > > 女中 is handy if you read much stuff from half a century ago, though. No dissing the 女中 【じょちゅう】 (n) (obs) maid; (P) See, it's got a (P) and a whole 28,100 theoretical* Google hits. (Which is on the low side for (P)'s but not exceptionally so). Admittedly _I_ didn't know it, but I still think my (smallish) vocabulary includes at least my fair share of 'diverse'. * Exact results only available for values under 1,000 Actual search used 女中 の
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