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Few more fun facts: Elementary school students all write kakizome at the end of December. Within the school, each grade will write the exact same thing. They'r

by mc3301 2y ago

Few more fun facts: Elementary school students all write kakizome at the end of December. Within the school, each grade will write the exact same thing. They're hung in the halls for all to see. Hundreds of the exact same kakizome. Many people burn their kakizome mid-January during "Dondoyaki." The posture, attention and care taken while writing Kakizome is one of the important points. Those, and the outcome of the characters themselves, are all taken into account. Unrelated, but Japan's officaily chosen Kanji for the year 2024 was "金" which means gold, or money, or heck, even Friday.

gsf_emergency 2y ago
--> 金 --> Venus --> Friday --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday#Etymology
ErigmolCt 2y ago
Burning them during Dondoyaki feels like a meaningful way to let go and start fresh.
- mc3301 2y ago
  For some, the particular way it burns and how the ashes fly in the air has meaning, too.
  - ErigmolCt 2y ago
    How much meaning can be found in these small, fleeting moments during the ritual
SllX 2y ago
金 : kin : gold お金 : okane : money 金曜日 : kinyoubi : Friday (shortened to 金 on some calendars, kind of like how we do “Fri” sometimes in English) 金子 : kaneko : gold coin 金魚 : kingyo : goldfish
- geraldwhen 2y ago
  金子 is kinsu. https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unless this is an esoteric word I haven’t seen.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - numpad0 2y ago
    That one sounds like Chinese word with hallucinated Japanese usage. 子 is IIUC casually used to mean "little ___ things" in Chinese, but same isn't the case with Japanese; 金子 is used as a somewhat discrete way to refer to an envelope of cash.
  - SllX 2y ago
    You are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.
    - geraldwhen 2y ago
      Oof. The reading for names will always get me. Still worth knowing the name reading! Google maps has it showing up in a bunch of business names, too.
      - fenomas 2y ago
        Seems to have been a bit of confusion in several directions here, but just to clarify: in modern usage 金子 is read only as Kaneko, and is a very common surname. The "kinsu" reading is archaic; a typical native speaker may never have heard of it.

by mc3301 2y ago

gsf_emergency 2y ago

--> 金 --> Venus --> Friday --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday#Etymology

ErigmolCt 2y ago

Burning them during Dondoyaki feels like a meaningful way to let go and start fresh.

mc3301 2y ago
For some, the particular way it burns and how the ashes fly in the air has meaning, too.
- ErigmolCt 2y ago
  How much meaning can be found in these small, fleeting moments during the ritual

SllX 2y ago

金 : kin : gold お金 : okane : money 金曜日 : kinyoubi : Friday (shortened to 金 on some calendars, kind of like how we do “Fri” sometimes in English) 金子 : kaneko : gold coin 金魚 : kingyo : goldfish

geraldwhen 2y ago
金子 is kinsu. https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unless this is an esoteric word I haven’t seen.
- deleted 2y ago
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- numpad0 2y ago
  That one sounds like Chinese word with hallucinated Japanese usage. 子 is IIUC casually used to mean "little ___ things" in Chinese, but same isn't the case with Japanese; 金子 is used as a somewhat discrete way to refer to an envelope of cash.
- SllX 2y ago
  You are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.
  - geraldwhen 2y ago
    Oof. The reading for names will always get me. Still worth knowing the name reading! Google maps has it showing up in a bunch of business names, too.
    - fenomas 2y ago
      Seems to have been a bit of confusion in several directions here, but just to clarify: in modern usage 金子 is read only as Kaneko, and is a very common surname. The "kinsu" reading is archaic; a typical native speaker may never have heard of it.