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Japan · Japanese meaning
A word for greed is linked to a coastal place name
The Japanese word akogi, written 阿漕, describes shameless or unscrupulously greedy conduct. Wiktionary connects its origin to Akogiura in Ise. It discusses explanations involving illicit fishing and a poem about repeated net casting. These are etymological accounts, rather than a literal description of every person called akogi.
A judgement about behaviour leads back to a coastal name.
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