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The global policy impact of Fukushima would have been so much less if it just didn’t have “-shima” in the name.
by analyte123 4y ago
The global policy impact of Fukushima would have been so much less if it just didn’t have “-shima” in the name.
- glhaynes 4y agoThat’s an interesting point, and I’m not disputing it, but I don’t recall ever having noticed that similarity.
- kortex 4y ago"-shima" is just 島 'island'. See also Ōshima, Mishima, Fujishima, Furushima, Hiroshima, and even Iwo Jima (硫黄島, "Shima" is sometimes pronounced "Jima" in Japanese for some reason). Note that Fukushima isn't a "true" island, though some think it might come from a block of land isolated by rivers.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoI never once noticed that until now, huh.