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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 days ago
[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 days ago

For those that don’t already know, there’s a big family of Japanese symbols like this. Check it out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

[-] Graphy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

I always thought it was one of those mall ninja glaives so I’m glad it’s something else

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago
[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

apparently the term for this, tomoe, is commonly translated to English as comma even though the Japanese word doesn't seem to mean that at all

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Okay good, because I thought maybe there were five lights instead.

this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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