The Sanskrit word maha, meaning great, appears in Japanese as maka. The compound makafushigi means a great marvel or mystery.
See a collection of useful Japanese phrases from links below:
www.omniglot.com
www.fodors.com
www.easyjapanese.org
japaneseup.com
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