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Wabun code

Today it means: A form of Morse code used to encode Japanese-language messages written in kana for transmission via telegram. Full definition →

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From Japanese 和文 (wabun, “Japanese text”) + code.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.