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minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoI think these are the same root? Pika pika is used to mean clean but it’s onomatopoeia for sparkling. That double word onomatopoeia construction in japanese doesn’t really have a direct analogue in English I don’t think.
I think these are the same root? Pika pika is used to mean clean but it’s onomatopoeia for sparkling. That double word onomatopoeia construction in japanese doesn’t really have a direct analogue in English I don’t think.