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Re: Fierce warrior names
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:31:11 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.jp, Yuki Sasaki writes:
I looked up more about 'futeki' and it seems that it has two nearly
opposite meanings!  ^_^

Really? It literally means "without enemy" , thus "bold, fearless".  I
wonder what the other meaning you found.

Here they are, straight from the J.E.D.I. dictionary...

[futeki] (an) daring/fearless/intrepid/bold/tough
[futeki] inadequacy/inappropriateness/unfitness/impropriety
[futekikaku] disqualification/unfitness
[futekisetsu] (an) unsuitable/inappropriate/improper
[futekitou] inadequacy/inappropriateness/unfitness/impropriety
[futekinin] unfitness/incompetency
[bifuteki] beefsteak

I'd better read more closely about some of those annotation symbologies such
as "(an)" and "(vs)" -- they're probably trying to tell me something.   ^^,

--Todd



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  Re: Fierce warrior names
 
(...) Oh, for this meaning, we would rather use the three words that follow in the list. You see, dictionaries do not list the frequencies of the uses, so some of the words you see in dictionaries are not even used very much. So, if you name your (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)

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  Re: Fierce warrior names
 
(...) I don't use japanese-english dictionaries very much, so I don't know. (...) Since 'chokugeki' simply means "direct hit" without any references to directionalities, the warrior with that name could be the one who either gives or receives the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)

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