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Meaning of Japanese given names
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

For me < Ai > �� this word is very cool !! thank for the meaning ...

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject:

thtl wrote:

The old word for green, ��(ao), came from China and actually describes blue. Blue was one of the first colours produced artificially, as in dyes. The Chinese has always described the sky as green in their literature of old, and the Japanese probably picked that up when they travelled to China eons ago.

BTW 'ao' is green, and 'aoi' is the adjective.

Im even more confused Doh!

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: Hello!

Hi everybody, does anyone know how are terminations like "san" or "kun" used in japanese names, like "hikari-san" by example? Tnanx!

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject:

never mind.

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Hello!

Acalewia wrote:

Hi everybody, does anyone know how are terminations like "san" or "kun" used in japanese names, like "hikari-san" by example?
Tnanx! Smile

there's a thread for explaining exactly that. Search is your friend.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:17 am Post subject: trafic lights

Actually, I have noticed the "green" light on japanese trafic lights are a "teal" color...not as green as the one in other places in the world but closer to blue than green....I guess we can all agree it means stop? _________________ You have only failed when you have ceased to try

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: Re: trafic lights

Wrangler98se wrote:

Actually, I have noticed the "green" light on japanese trafic lights are a "teal" color...not as green as the one in other places in the world but closer to blue than green....I guess we can all agree it means stop?

Not in my part of the world... Green is go, red is stop Smile

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: Re: trafic lights

Wrangler98se wrote:

In Japan they do use the word "aoi" (blue) to describe that light as opposed to "midori" (green)

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:47 am Post subject:

This is a good thread, but it really makes me scratch my head.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:24 am Post subject:

Keps wrote:

This is a good thread, but it really makes me scratch my head. Big Grin

Really? I usually end up scratching my a- er, uh, never mind.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:27 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Really? I usually end up scratching my a- er, uh, never mind.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION! Rolly

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