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Lost in Translation (Posted on 2018-07-31)

Here are six world-famous brands, literally translated:

Three Lozenges
Three Stars
Three Wells
Bountiful Field
Eastern Grass
This Field

Which one is not Japanese?

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One of the six

| Comment 4 of 9 |

"Bountiful Field" might be paraphrased as "fertile farm field," for which is a translation of the Japanese name Toyada, the surname of the founder of the car brand Toyota which is a katakana syllabary application to the surname providing a visual balance and a stroke count that is customarily deemed lucky.

Posted by Dej Mar on 2018-08-01 09:13:45

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