Pseudo-cognates?

Is there a special word for the event when two languages share a word,
but only by sheer coincidence, NOT necessarily because of common
heritage? And are there many examples where this occurs? How about
when a similar word takes opposite meaning, for example Japanese "ya"
("no")?

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