Words & dialect・Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge

熟字訓 (jukujikun)

Also known as: 熟字訓・jukujikun

The practice of reading a compound of two or more kanji as one native word, as in 昨日 (kino) and 大人 (otona). Some Yamaguchi place names, such as those containing 烏帽子 (eboshi), cannot be reached by reading the characters one at a time.

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