lanovami
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Registered: 05/02/05
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Loc: 東京都
nah, feng suei is Chinese (but you maybe knew that
And the word Bonsai, for the little tree is pronounced like it is spelled "bone-sigh". The word Japanese yell to show conviction, and that became famous worldwide in WWII is Banzai (bahn-zigh). Two completely different words pronounced the same in English. Banzai means "10 thousands years!" Of course, Japanese is full of English words that are pronounced completely differently that are the same in Japanese - leather and laser is one that comes to mind, but there are many many more.
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