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Speaking for Japanese, there is certainly an "order" for words, but that order is based on the readings of words, which may be difficult to ascertain from just
by minikomi 5y ago
Speaking for Japanese, there is certainly an "order" for words, but that order is based on the readings of words, which may be difficult to ascertain from just the string.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon
Eg. Words starting with 一人 can be read as both いちにん (ichinin as in 一人前 - food for one person) or ひとり (hitori - 一人暮らし - living alone)
- glandium 5y agoAlso some independent words can have different readings. Eg. 紅葉 is both こうよう and もみじ.
- naniwaduni 5y ago大人気 is my favourite of those, as a particularly long ambiguous homograph where the two common readings don't even have overlapping meanings.
- glandium 5y agoIndeed, that one can be funny especially when split over a line ending. You start reading it as one, and no, it was the other. I've had this experience several times with this specific word.
- beeforpork 5y ago(1) 大人気 (おとなげ, otonage) - maturity (2) 大人気 (だいにんき, daininki) - very popular