• manucode@infosec.pub
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    6 months ago

    I assume that 蚤の市 is a loan word and フリーマーケット a calque. But I don’t speak any Japanese.

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      6 months ago

      No, it’s the other way around. 蚤 means flea and 市 means market. フリーマーケット sounds like flea market.