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"winter"
Translation:ふゆ
June 14, 2017
37 Comments
FiskeFinne
249
It means that you use both lips (and no teeth). English "f" is a voiceless labiodental fricative. Labiodental means one lip plus teeth.
jamaicarose2
1361
There is a fuyu persimmon, maybe so called because it produces in Winter. Though mine is usually ripe in late fall, around Halloween.