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【JAPANESE ABBREVIATIONS】THE SHORTER, THE BETTER? | Japanese Loves to Shorten Words.


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[#067] Iku, a native speaker/ language teacher, talks about the Japanese abbreviations from common ones to funny new ones.

【Topics】
0:00    Greeting and what “ryakugo” is.
1:39    Famous names abbreviations.
4:04    Greeting phrases abbreviations.
5:54    Places names abbreviations.
7:45    Quiz: Katakana-words abbreviations.
10:57  Kanji-words abbreviations.
12:08  Kanji X Katakana mixed abbreviations.
13:32  New funny abbreviations.
15:41  Ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

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