Know Your Lore: Oshu'gun

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2-28-2008 @ 7:32PM

meowcarrot said...

Gaijin means outsiders, not barbarians.

Many languages work in a similar way, changing to suffix to slightly change the meaning. For example, Korean:
Korea - Hanguk
Korean (language)- Hangukeo
Korean (person) - Hangukin
Korean "alphabet" - Hangul

So it's really not surprising at all that "or" can mean refuge.

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