the use of 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana) to spell sounds in Old Japanese, irrespective of the kanji's meaning

existence / being; entity

exist

the Japanese language

to borrow

borrowing, a debt, a loan (for the borrower, not the lender) / (obsolete) in the Edo period, a system for arranging house calls by prostitutes

there are many, there is much, there are numerous

many, much

multi-

the English language