Word origins

Some questions about word origins are based on common misconceptions: for example Japan's famous Mount Fuji is never referred to as Fujiyama (see What is the name of Mount Fuji?) and 'Godzilla' actually has nothing to do with religion (see What is the origin of the name Godzilla?). Also discussed here are origins of the many foreign loan-words in Japanese (see Words from other languages).

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