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木乃伊

gairaigoPortuguese originpopularrarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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gairaigo
Borrowed word, foreign origin word #gairaigo
Portuguese origin
Gairaigo: Words adopted from Portuguese #por_lang
popular
Words commonly used in modern Japanese #popular
rarely used kanji form
rarely used kanji form #rK
usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana. #uk
noun
noun (common) (futsuumeishi) #n
noun (generic)
All kinds of Japanese nouns #noun

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Origin: Portuguese word mirra

Word of Portuguese origin

From Portuguese word mirra. (English: myrrh) 1

Originally, mummies were embalmed using myrrh.

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