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Re: Japanese "good", consonant clusters etc.

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Sunday, January 4, 2004, 16:55
--- Axiem <axiem@...> wrote:
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> "Bijin", by kanji, is "bi" ("beautiful") and "jin" > ("person"), so this is > more of a "beautiful person".
Knowing nothing about Japanese, at first glance I just assumed it was borrowed from American slang "bitchin'". --gary