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[–] waigl@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also, Tokyo has two long "o"s (sometimes transliterated more correctly as Tōkyō), while Kyoto (more precise transliteration; Kyōto) only has one. They are not actually anagrams of each other.

[–] quink@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Or, more natively put, きょうと is not an anagram of とうきょう, missing out on a う. And 都 isn't 東.