On the surface, the English phrase \u201cmore or less\u201c looks like it should be the equivalent of the Japanese word \u591a\u5c11 (\u201ctashou\u201c, made up of the kanji for \u201cmany\u201c and the kanji for \u201cfew\u201c).
\u201cMore or less\u201c, for some reason, means \u201cmostly\u201c. However, \u591a\u5c11 means \u201ca little\u201c, i.e. the almost direct opposite of the English phrase. Funny, eh? Yeah, alright, maybe not that funny.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
| On the surface, the English phrase \u201cmore or less\u201c looks like it should be the equivalent of the Japanese word \u591a\u5c11 (\u201ctashou\u201c, made up of the kanji for \u201cmany\u201c and the kanji for \u201cfew\u201c).\u201cMore or less\u201c, for some reason, means \u201cmostly\u201c. However, \u591a\u5c11 means \u201ca little\u201c, i.e. the almost direct opposite of the English…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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