Do you know more 2 kanji 熟語/漢語 words that mean (almost) the same when spelled backwards?
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I realized that I depend too much on written language to understand stuff. Over the last few days I’ve been listening to podcasts. I ran into this short from サクラ大戦 and I attempted to listen to it multiple times and tried to make a transcript. This is how it went. What are those words I can’t grasp?
My attempted transcript: さくら 「だ··· ごめんなさい。」 すみれ 「さくらさん、人の着物 something 踏みつけてなんて失礼じゃありませんこと。」 さくら 「すみません。」 すみれ 「全く、これらから田舎臭い人嫌ですわ。そうやってお下品で。さあ、もう一度始めから行くわよ。」 さくら 「ごめんあそばせ。」 すみれ 「このガキ！さくらさん、口出って分からない人…
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