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riichi is tnot the oritinal name, the japs use doupble (ii) in words to make them sound more western or latin

• astrobe_ 3y ago
  Not exactly. "riichi" comes from Mandarin, which might be related to "reach"[1] (can someone confirm?). It is an original word, although maybe a loan word, an the pronunciation might just have been kept faithful to the original because for all three languages (English, Chinese, Japanese) the length of vowels are sometimes meaningful (unlike e.g. in French). [1] https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E7%9B%B4 https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E7%9B%B4
• edanm 3y ago
  Just in case you don't know this, I'm fairly sure that "japs" is considered an offensive term.
  • smegsicle 3y ago
    the more culturally aware term is 'nips'
  • dunefox 3y ago
    > "japs" is considered an offensive term By whom?