ユーモア
ユーモア · yuumoa · JLPT N3 · noun
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🤡 Japanese spelling of English humour: hyu-mor → yuu-mo-a
A loanword from English humour (or Dutch humor). Japanese has no 'hyu' at the start, so it becomes yuu, and the final r turns into a soft a: yuu-mo-a. Say humour with a Japanese accent and you have it.