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Does Japanese use capital letters. Should Nikkeijin or Nihonjin or Hakujin be capitalized?
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When Japanese is romanized (that is, written in English letters), proper nouns (like names, cities, etc) are generally capitalized. Capital "letters" or "symbols," however, do not exist in the Japanese writing system.
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What does hakujin the Japanese word mean in English?
Depending on where it is used 'houjin' can have several meanings. 'Fellow countryman, compatriot' , 'a Japanese native or resident' , 'corporation person, corporate body' , 'square formation' are among its meanings.
What does 'hakujin' mean in English?
This means 'caucasian.'
What do dayo means in Japanese?
"dayo" is a colloquial/friendly form of "desu" which means "that is so" and used to emphasize a statement or clarification and to establish his/her relationship to you ( equal or superior ) So if someone is agreeing with a friend, he/she would say "so dayo" "He is white" - "Hakujin dayo"
What is the Japanese word for white person?
Ojisan or OjiisanOjisan is used for a middle aged man-45-60. Ojiisan is used for older than that. The longer you hold the i's the older you see them as. Japanese people highly respect their elders. It is pronounced o g san or o g e san. Just like the company G.E.Old woman is similar. Obasan and Obaasan. O ba san or o ba a san. lived there for 7 years.p.s. Always let the Japanese bow lower than you. It's their form of showing humbleness, and shake hands softly, not like we Americans do.
How do say white or Caucasian in Japanese?
shiro-iro. (colors in Japanese have a suffix of the word 'iro' which means color. Shiro could also be a name if its used at a certain point in the sentence so it's best to use the -iro suffix to avoid confusion.) Other Japanese colors: momo-iro: pink (old version, no one says this much anymore) pinku: pink gin-iro: silver kin-iro: gold murasaki: purple aka-iro: red akai: crimson (generally accepted term in Tokyo dialect) kuro: dark kuro-iro: black midori-iro: green orengii: orange. kiro-iro: yellow ao-iro/aoi: blue
