Tuesday, 13 May 2008

What's in a Name?

A quick one this time - why is this blog called Japansei?

Well it is a (not very clever) play on words. Obviously the Japan part means... well, Japan. The word "sei" is a suffix applied in Japanese to mean "made in". So something made in Japan would be 日本製 (nihonsei) where 日本 (nihon) means "Japan" and 製 is the kanji for "sei" or "made in". Linguistic fun for everyone!

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