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重ね言葉 (かさねことば) — repeated word or phrase | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
重ね言葉

重ね言葉

重かさね言こと葉ば

repeated word or phrase

Kanji Vocab Literature30 strokes

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重言葉重ね詞重詞重ねことば

かさねことば

Noun

1.

repeated word or phrase, redundant wording, succession of words of similar meaning, pleonasm

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Kanji that make up this word

え・おも.い・おも.り・おも.なう・かさ.ねる・かさ.なる…(6)

heavy・important・esteem・respect・heap up…(3)

い.う・こと…(3)

leaf・plane・lobe・needle・blade…(4)

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