false friend in Japanese

false friend in Japanese is 偽りの友, 空似言葉.

false friend in Japanese

偽りの友

noun

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.

空似言葉

noun

Pronounced: soranikotoba

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.

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