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> a college kid with a part time job ("arubaito") at your local konbini Is the japanese word for a part-time job really the german word 'Arbeit'? Amusing.
by dunefox 5y ago
> a college kid with a part time job ("arubaito") at your local konbini
Is the japanese word for a part-time job really the german word 'Arbeit'? Amusing.
- pezezin 5y agoIndeed: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E...
- megameter 5y agoIt's in keeping with the German influences on the school system, I think, since that's where the "baito" is most likely to come up.