Re: USA Today: Columbia disaster stranded three men in space with 'no return ticket'


"Dale Carlson" <drc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, it's used as a sign of respect, not gender. Mt. Fuji is commonly
called "Fuji-san".

Fuji-san does mean 'great Mt Fuji' but the -san is a different one. The
character means 'mountain', but ordinary mountains are -yama. Only a few
get -san.

??? Fuji-san - Mt Fuji
?? sammyaku - mountain range


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