洋 vs 和 (Western vs Japanese)

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A pervasive distinction in Japanese vocabulary: 洋 (Western) vs 和 (Japanese), used as a prefix in many compound words to distinguish foreign-style from traditional Japanese-style — 洋服/和服, 洋食/和食, 洋室/和室, 洋風/和風.

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