3. Word origins
Some questions about word origins are based on common misconceptions: for example Japan's famous Mount Fuji is never referred to as Fujiyama (see 3.1. What is the name of Mount Fuji?) and `Godzilla' actually has nothing to do with religion (see 3.3. What is the origin of the name Godzilla?). Also discussed here are origins of the many foreign loan-words in Japanese (see 4. Words from other languages).Sub-pages
- 3.1. What is the name of Mount Fuji?
- 3.2. What are the origins of the san suffix for names?
- 3.3. What is the origin of the name Godzilla?
- 3.4. Why is America called bei?
- 3.5. What are the names of Japan?
- 3.6. Where did the Japanese get their names for the weekdays?
- 3.7. What is the origin of yakuza?
- 3.8. What is the meaning of the word maru in the names of Japanese boats?
- 3.9. What is the origin of the name of the number puzzle "sudoku"?
- 3.10. What is the origin of the name hotchikisu meaning "stapler"?
- 3.11. Why are there so many adjectives ending in yaka?
- 3.12. Is desu a contraction of de arimasu?
- 3.13. What is the origin of saboten?
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