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minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-212 hours 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-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoCobalt: “Blue metal is lead? What the fuck?” Also, what’re Aluminum, Platinum, Gallium, Mercury, Tungsten, Titanium, and Bismuth?
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoI couldn’t find any native japanese word for it, but there is 黄銅 (oudou) “yellow copper”, borrowed from chinese 黃銅
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·12 hours agoJapan out here naming metals like they’re Power Rangers
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
Cobalt:
“Blue metal is lead? What the fuck?”
Also, what’re Aluminum, Platinum, Gallium, Mercury, Tungsten, Titanium, and Bismuth?
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
Japan out here naming metals like they’re Power Rangers
Blade is my favorite color.