コート

コート · kooto · JLPT N5 · noun

coat

コート — coat

🧥🎾 コート = English coat AND court; both land on the same kooto

A loanword twice over: English coat and court both become コート in Japanese, since the long ō covers both vowel sounds and the final t gains an o. Context decides: wearing one means a coat, playing tennis on one means a court.

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