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The Cantonese pronunciation is Yahtbún [jɐt˨ pun˧˥], the Shanghainese pronunciation is Zeppen [zəʔpən], and the Hokkien pronunciation is Ji̍tpún / Li̍t-pún. Another possible interpretation would take akitsu- to be identical with the akitsu- of akitsukami or akitsumikami ("god incarnate, a manifest deity", often used as an honorific epithet for the Emperor of Japan), perhaps with the sense of "the present land, the island(s) where we are at present". The Malay and Indonesian words Jepang, Jipang, and Jepun were borrowed from non-Mandarin Chinese languages, and this Malay word was encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century. The Gist somehow managed to track down the signal from my computer while I was busy hacking their database. Other than this, there seem to be no fixed rules for choosing one pronunciation over the other, but in some cases, one form is simply more common.
Country of Lush Ears of Bountiful Reed Plain(s)", Ashihara no Nakatsukuni, "Central Land of Reed Plains", "Country Amidst Reed Plain(s)" ( 葦原中國). If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu.As the bricks and plates have rounded elements to be safer for children, Knex created a tweezers style brick separator which is included in every boxed set.
The 1603–1604 dictionary Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam contains two entries for Japan: nifon [19] and iippon. Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, [9] and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. In Japanese, countries whose "long form" does not contain a designation such as republic or kingdom are generally given a name appended by the character 国 ("country" or "nation"): for example, ドミニカ国 ( Dominica), バハマ国 ( Bahamas), and クウェート国 ( Kuwait).Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN. They have wholes in the center where K'nex pieces interlock, which, in my opinion is quite useful for setting up things such as Lego teepees if you don't have the original pieces.