monogatari life goes on and on...
Let's see. Last weekend Bryan, Amanda, Matt (Bryan's friend) and I went to Sapporo. Adam and Chelsea were there, but didn't hang out with us so much. Ken Chan found us by accident, and due to drama within his group, spent his evenings with our group, which is cool 'cause I never usually see him around. The snow scupltures were okay, though I didn't
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Say...quick question, although you may think I'm dumb for not knowing: What is the Japanese word for "Japan"? I was in a facebook conversation with someone, wondering why we don't call countries what they call themselves, and that one came up and I have no idea.
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In modern standard Japanese "Japan" is "Nihon" (knee-hoon)
Not sure if you're computer can read it, but in Japanese letters it looks like this; 日本 That first character means sun, and the second means root or origin.
But if they want to sound more patriotic and evoke strong feelings they might call Japan Nippon (a word more commonly used before and during World War II) or Yamato... Yamato being the ancient name for Japan before it was a unified country.
As for why we call Japan "Japan" instead of Nihon... I think the Dutch were to blame, the first westerners to arrive. I'd have to review my history a bit though for an exact answer ^.^
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