Shikishima ( 敷島) is written with Chinese characters that suggest a meaning "islands that one has spread/laid out", but this name of Japan supposedly originates in the name of an area in Shiki District of Yamato Province in which some emperors of ancient Japan resided.

The on'yomi readings Nippon and Nihon became more common in the Heian period, with both persisting into modern use. By the way Peppermint, K'nex also makes minifigs, brick compatible of course, differing only in that the hands, unlike Lego, form micro-scale sockets, not clips. In English, the modern official title of the country is simply "Japan", one of the few countries to have no " long form" name. Adapter elements allow you to use "technic" style pins to make any brick or plate a rod, and adapter plates to allow you to turn any standard size Knex connector into a brick! Probably influenced by European-language terminology for the country, [2] [3] such as Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, in turn arising from Hokkien 日本 ( Ji̍t-pún ) via Malay Jepun, or from Teochew 日本 ( Ji̍k-púng ) via Indonesian Malay Jepang.Jipangu [ edit ] Another spelling, "Zipangri" (upper left), was used on a 1561 map by Sebastian Münster. If you could fly to the coordinates of my residence and take care of Kael and his henchmen, I would be eternally grateful.

This must have taken place during the Edo period, after another sound change occurred which would have resulted in this form becoming Niwon and later Nion. Knex's idea was to make bricks that would allow interfacing of standard and micro knex elements with bricks, Knex and Lego both.

When romanised, this pause is represented by a doubling of the first consonant of the second syllable; thus nichi 日 plus kō 光 (light) is written and pronounced nikkō, meaning sunlight. In modern Japanese, Cipangu is transliterated as チパング which in turn can be transliterated into English as Chipangu, Jipangu, Zipangu, Jipang, or Zipang. Jipangu ( ジパング ( Zipangu)) as an obfuscated name for Japan has recently come into vogue for Japanese films, anime, video games, etc. Conceivably, when Chinese first met Japanese," Carr (1992:9) suggests "they transcribed Wa as *ˀWâ 'bent back' signifying 'compliant' bowing/obeisance.