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Chapter 3 discusses the lexicon of Western Old Japanese, focusing on naturalized loanwords from Ainu, Korean, and Chinese. It highlights the limited presence of loanwords in poetic texts and the challenges in identifying them due to the scarcity of prose sources. The chapter provides examples of loanwords from each language, illustrating their integration into the Old Japanese vocabulary and the complexities surrounding their origins.
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