Meaning of Japanese given names

16 Oct 2007, 19:31 #21

For me < Ai > ˆ¤ this word is very cool !!

thank for the meaning ... :woot:

16 Oct 2007, 19:52 #22

thtl wrote:

The old word for green, Â(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:

16 Oct 2007, 19:55 #23

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

16 Oct 2007, 23:25 #24

never mind.

17 Oct 2007, 06:57 #25

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

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

30 Oct 2007, 06:17 #26

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?

30 Oct 2007, 06:19 #27

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 :)

30 Oct 2007, 06:28 #28

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?

In Japan they do use the word "aoi" (blue) to describe that light as opposed to "midori" (green) [/list:u]

30 Oct 2007, 06:47 #29

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

30 Oct 2007, 07:24 #30

Keps wrote:This is a good thread, but it really makes me scratch my head. :D

Really? I usually end up scratching my a- er, uh, never mind. [/list:u]

30 Oct 2007, 07:27 #31

gaijinmark wrote: Really? I usually end up scratching my a- er, uh, never mind. [/list:u]

TOO MUCH INFORMATION! :rolly:

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