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I'm just about done with all my kanji questions. :P I would also like to thank all you other nice people who are putting up with me. ;) But anway, I was wondering, for certain compound kanji, how come they're not adjectives, and just nouns in their own right?
For example, the kanji for "mountain pass" is 山道. Alright, but wouldn't mountain be the adjective? Mountain would be the adjective and pass would be the noun, wouldn't it? Or the word garbage man, "廃物人." Wouldn't garbage be the adjective and man be the noun? Is this the way it is in Japanese dictionaries? If you want to make the word "garbage man" do you have to figure out yourself which kanji to use? Thanks.
2006-12-15
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