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minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-22 months agomeanwhile, Japanese: white metal (shirogane) = silver black metal (kurogane) = iron red metal (akagane) = copper yellow metal (kogane) = gold blade metal (hagane) = steel blue metal (aogane) = lead
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoJapan out here naming metals like they’re Power Rangers
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI couldn’t find any native japanese word for it, but there is 黄銅 (oudou) “yellow copper”, borrowed from chinese 黃銅
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCobalt: “Blue metal is lead? What the fuck?” Also, what’re Aluminum, Platinum, Gallium, Mercury, Tungsten, Titanium, and Bismuth?
meanwhile, Japanese:
white metal (shirogane) = silver
black metal (kurogane) = iron
red metal (akagane) = copper
yellow metal (kogane) = gold
blade metal (hagane) = steel
blue metal (aogane) = lead
Japan out here naming metals like they’re Power Rangers
Blade is my favorite color.
What’s brass?
I couldn’t find any native japanese word for it, but there is 黄銅 (oudou) “yellow copper”, borrowed from chinese 黃銅
Cobalt:
“Blue metal is lead? What the fuck?”
Also, what’re Aluminum, Platinum, Gallium, Mercury, Tungsten, Titanium, and Bismuth?