I know that between Chinese & Japanese, there’s vocabulary where the placement of each character differs but retains the same or related definition for the most part, like how 士兵 becomes 兵士 in Japanese, you get the drift. Technically something equivalent exists in Latin based languages such as Red Cross (EN) & Cruz Roja (ES).

日本語 中文 ENG
詐欺 欺詐 Fraud
苦痛 痛苦 Pain
脅威 威脅 Threat
講演 演講 Lecture
制限 限制 Restriction
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    2 days ago

    True, but I think that one’s a bit different, because 輩先 (usually written in katakana as パイセン) is a humorous slang term based off 先輩.

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      I don’t think I’ve ever seen パイセン written at all, come to think of it. It is slang, that much is true.