Sometime around 05:45 PM 2/1/00 -0900, Godric Logan asserted: ... a ... Trees are aoi... Midori really ... Yes, sorry about that confusion there. Aoi = blue,...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:48 am
... really ... Yes, sorry about that confusion there. Aoi = blue, and sometimes what Westerners call green. Midori = green. Naoshite arigatou gozaimasu ...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:51 am
Sometime around 05:45 PM 2/1/00 -0900, Godric Logan asserted: ... a ... Trees are aoi... Midori really ... Yes, sorry about that confusion there. Aoi = blue,...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:10 am
"J. Kriss White" wrote: Sometime around 05:31 AM 2/1/00 -0900, Godric Logan asserted: Also it might be useful to remember that many Japanese consider 'green'...
... Actually, these days, the japanese often say "guriin" and "buruu".... Effingham...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:19 am
... From: Anthony J. Bryant [mailto:ajbryant@...] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:24 AM To: sca-jml@egroups.com Subject: [SCA-JML] Re: Different...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:24 am
Also it might be useful to remember that many Japanese consider 'green ' (midori) as 'blue'. Thus, trees are blue, the sky is blue, and a blue lig ht at a...
... The word "aoba" (awoba in old orthography) appears in the Man'yoshu.... It means "blue wing" and relates to a bird's plumage, but also happens to be a...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Feb 2, 2000 10:48 pm
... In the Edo period, they would be. Dangling sleeves like that aren't period. The typical kosode sleeve is narrower and more tube-like (hence the name...
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Markejag@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:08 am
A rather short reply and my vote is for more questions as I am rather fond of doing research every so often. The question was? << While we are on that...
Ah... The elegance of a well-turned pun... ... From: Anthony J. Bryant [mailto:ajbryant@...] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 6:43 PM To:...
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Ogami Itto
shubnigurath@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:42 am
... And exactly what does this mean? BTW- If "domo arigato guzaimasu" is [polite] thank you very much (honorific, male form), would it be proper to say "hime...
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akimoya
akimoya@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:09 am
... Can you give any sources for pictures, or drawings, or even descriptions of the above? Especially for the Momoyama period. Akimoya Ealdormere...
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akimoya
akimoya@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:10 am
... I think you are confusing "domo" and "dono". Akimoya Ealdormere...
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Joshua Badgley
fsjlb4@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:16 am
... 'Naosu' = to correct or cure (depending on the kanji) 'Kudasaru' = The honorable form of 'to give (to me or someone close to me)' 'Arigatou Gozaimasu' =...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:52 am
... "Thank you for the corrections." ... No, because "hime" has nothing to do with "domo". "Domo" means, basically, "a lot" ... Griffin [barony]-no-kami Seth. ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:54 am
... That didn't even occur to me. But either way, "-dono" has nothing to do with gender. I call her Blue-ship "Aoi-dono"; or "Fujiwara-dono." It's the standard...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:59 am
... Just one example from Period: Hashiba Chikuzen-no-Kami Hideyoshi, (Hashiba Hideyoshi, governor/lord of Chikuzen). It sounds odd splitting names like that,...
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akimoya
akimoya@...
Feb 3, 2000 5:01 am
... Hai. But to the untutored, one might mistake "dono" as being masculine, and then confuse it with "domo" - and then assume that "hime" was the feminine...
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Joshua Badgley
fsjlb4@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:25 pm
Okay, here is what I have learned about the use of formal language and words (Teine and keigo) as they are used today in modern Japanese. I post it here...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 3, 2000 2:52 pm
But either way, "-dono" has nothing to do with gender. I call her Blue-ship "Aoi-dono"; or "Fujiwara-dono." It's the standard polite term. ... Come on... You...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 3, 2000 2:52 pm
... No, because "hime" has nothing to do with "domo". "Domo" means, basically, "a lot" ... Or "in all ways"? ... Griffin [barony]-no-kami Seth. ... Like John...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 3, 2000 3:28 pm
Dear Godric-dono, Wonderful assessment of the levels in Japanese speech. I would like to publicly strongly encourage our man Hiraizumi-wake to take up the...
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akimoya
akimoya@...
Feb 3, 2000 5:06 pm
... That being the case, in what manner should we refer to you? Matsumoto Akimoya Ealdormere...
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Kass McGann
historian@...
Feb 3, 2000 5:36 pm
Matsumoto-dono, Damned if I know... Seriously though, this is a problem I face all the time. It really depends on who you are to me. My fellow household...
