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		arrakeen on July 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kokuhaku: Japan’s Love Confessing Culture (2013) i find it hard to accept that the origin of the phrase has nothing to do with the fact that 月 (tsuki, moon) sounds similar to 好き (suki, like/love). can any native speakers chime in?

bluepizza on July 2, 2023 [–]

Soseki was very refined and wouldn't go for such a pun.

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