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Re: Shikona

Thanks, Alexander.

Leigh

Alexander Nitschke wrote:
> 
> > 1. Do the three "taka's" in Takanohana, Takanowaka and
> > Takamisakari have
> > the same meaning?
> 
> The three taka have a similar meaning to some degree. The
> taka in Takanohana (all Futagoyama with taka in fact) means
> "precious", the taka in Takanowaka means "prosper" and the
> taka in Takamisakari means "high".
> 
> > 2. Do the two "mi's" in Aminishiki and Takamisakari have the same
> > meaning?
> 
> No, they're different. The mi in Aminishiki means "beautiful",
> the mi in Takamisakari means "to see".
> 
> Now my help to help yourself: Open the page
> http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1B
> in your browser, copy and paste the kanji you want to know
> the meaning for into the "Keyword" field and hit Enter.
> 
> Or get the freeware program JWPce (for Windows and Windows CE).
> It provides the same information offline and in a better readable
> way: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html
> 
> --
> Alexander