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The words for piano, violin, and accordion well predate the wartime efforts to eliminate enemy words.
That’s true. Older words, but certainly encouraged more during that era!
1/2 Actually, the others, as well as most such words were created by the overzealous private-sector organizations that had been mobilized in the total war effort. In a way, this is scarier than the urban legend that "wartime authorities invented native alternatives."
2/2 Ironically, the authorities, military and otherwise, continued to use English words that had been co-opted into Japanese deep into the war years.
That’s really fascinating - thanks!
You're welcome. Too often, it's civilians with influence including a gungho media that push nations into unprofitable wars and their excesses.
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