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reed reed tablet (quokk.au)
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[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Japan out here naming metals like they're Power Rangers

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Blade is my favorite color.

[–] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's brass?

[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

I couldn't find any native japanese word for it, but there is 黄銅 (oudou) "yellow copper", borrowed from chinese 黃銅

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Cobalt:

"Blue metal is lead? What the fuck?"

Also, what're Aluminum, Platinum, Gallium, Mercury, Tungsten, Titanium, and Bismuth?