Unseen Japan·3h·CULTURE

Japan's word for cutting class — saboru (サボる) — comes from an unlikely source: the French word "sabotage." It entered Japanese during the labor strikes of the Taishō era. buff.ly/93M3BIX

Japan's word for cutting class — saboru (サボる) — comes from an unlikely source: the French word "sabotage." It entered Japanese during the labor strikes of the Taishō era. buff.ly/93M3BIX

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