ye..

Nippon = Two Pieces (round and long piece)

As it is with many Japanese words, while the pronunciation is the same, the kanji are different. That's one of the advantages of kanji: you'll never get a word wrong, unlike in English where you always require context for words with dual meanings.

二本 - Nippon (2 long/cylindrical pieces)

日本- Nippon (Japan)

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mibajod?

cuz its juss how u say the country's name lol
u can say nihon too


二本 reads nihon


but u can say nihon =日本　

This post was edited by Gynuine on Jul 6 2009 09:55am

It's another way to translate it into Engrish