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Old 07-23-2008, 06:07 AM   #7
Peter Goldsbury
 
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Re: "suki" "tsukuri": Japanese terms for "opening"

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Joseph Pielech wrote: View Post
Same goes for me. Very often my Japanese students give me a puzzled look when I mention "suki" and even when I remind them of the kanji (空き), they seem to stagger through the meaning. Very interesting indeed.
Hello Joseph,

Interesting. I can see that a reading for 空 is suku However, for suki, my computer gives 透き and 隙 (also read as hima), which have a temporal as well as a spatial dimension.

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