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One of the mistakes that many gaijin make (myself included) is to assume that katakana words are always loan words from their home country. "Hambagoo" is the Ja
by quicklime 6y ago
One of the mistakes that many gaijin make (myself included) is to assume that katakana words are always loan words from their home country. "Hambagoo" is the Japanese take on a Hamburg steak, not an American hamburger.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_steak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_steak
- princeb 6y agoyes. the japanese word for the hamburger is hanbaga, which is a distinct word from hanbagu. hanbaga is as different from hanbaga as macaroons are from macarons.