To: JenB
Okay, I just asked my martial arts friend who used to live in Japan what "dono" means, and he says off the top of his head he can't recall either, though it might come back to him later. What context is it usually used in?
1,297 posted on
07/15/2004 4:43:44 PM PDT by
Fedora
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To: Fedora
Okay, I just asked my martial arts friend who used to live in Japan what "dono" means, and he says off the top of his head he can't recall either, though it might come back to him later. What context is it usually used in?It usually seems to be said in answer to a question being posed.
1,300 posted on
07/15/2004 4:51:24 PM PDT by
ksen
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To: Fedora
It's apparently a really archaic honorific, something between "san" and "sama". And you clearly didn't watch RK in Japanese, because Kenshin always uses "dono".
1,310 posted on
07/15/2004 5:37:13 PM PDT by
JenB
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