Japanese words via the West
Terebi - Sort of like ‘televi’ which is short for television.
Bideo - Video
Karaoke - Actually a mix of Japanese and borrowed English. Kara means open (as in karate, open hand) and oke, which is short for orchestra.
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lemec on Mon, 14th Sep 2009 5:33 pm
Michael, I love your work. I thought you were coming out with an update to the 1992 edition of Kanji Pict-o-Graphix but haven’t seen anything on Amazon.com yet…
I know that you choose characters for their aesthetic value but I was wondering if in your upcoming work you plan to map those kanjis that also happen to be a part of the jyouyou set.
I’ve been searching for a document that maps your kanjis to Heisig’s “Remembering The Kanji Part I” but so far to no avail.
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