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English loanwords in Japanese

English loanwords in Japanese 69 words have variant spellings; for example, iaringu and iyaringu (earring).Sometimes, an English word has given rise to two forms with different meanings, such as airon (a pressing iron) and ‘aim’ (a golf iron).The transcription of the former is unusual, as it was apparently

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