18th February 2008, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by evolusean
Not exactly, though. "Yes" is an English word, but it has been incorporated into the Japanese language for many years as a sort of exclamation. Some people even use it as an affirmative response because it is so common. If a Japanese person hears someone sing "yes" in a song, while they will know the origin of the word, they won't really go: "Hey, they're speaking English!"
The case of monochrome is total Japanese as well. The word is "sangurasu". It is an English loan-word, coming from the word "sunglasses", but it is its own Japanese entity used in everyday speech. It is as Japanese as the word "fakkusu" (fax) or koohii (coffee). (side note: If the word "sunglasses" was directly expressed in Japanese, it would become "sangurasesu" or "sangurasezu".)
As for "MARIA", that is a proper name, and it does not count. It is what the virgin Mary is called in Japanese.
"Merii kurisumasu" is also Japanese for "Merry Christmas". Not quite English.
As far as her self-written, avex material is concerned, RAINBOW was the first album in which actual English appeared.
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Thank you for posting this! Very informative and interesting D:
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