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If you don't like it, change the channel or turn off the TV. There are many options. Some people just love to complain. Reading won't hurt either.
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Posted in: 10 English words that were originally Japanese See in context
I think the word tycoon come from the work "taikun" which was the title of Hideyoshi in the late 1500's. He wasn't of a higher enough family to get the title of shogun.
I also think that I was using the term Honcho before 1955.
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Good for him but his latest movie has hit Japan like a bomb
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