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The most common word in Japanese for “stapler” is hochikisu or hotchikisu, which seems to come from the name of the E.F. Hotchkiss Company [1], an American manu
by tkgally 3y ago
The most common word in Japanese for “stapler” is hochikisu or hotchikisu, which seems to come from the name of the E.F. Hotchkiss Company [1], an American manufacturer whose staplers were imported to Japan in the early 20th century. Some Japanese sources [2] say that the word comes from Benjamin Hotchkiss [3], an inventor of machine guns, and that is what I learned many years ago, but that etymology apparently has not been documented [4].
[1] https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/e.h.-hotchkiss-co https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/e.h.-hotchkiss-co
[2] https://gally.net/temp/20240222hotchikisugogensetsu.jpg https://gally.net/temp/20240222hotchikisugogensetsu.jpg
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_B._Hotchkiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_B._Hotchkiss
[4] https://wis.max-ltd.co.jp/about/company/trivia/h_story/inventor.html https://wis.max-ltd.co.jp/about/company/trivia/h_story/inven...
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