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[-] renzhexiangjiao 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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 21 points 5 months ago

Japan out here naming metals like they're Power Rangers

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

Blade is my favorite color.

[-] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

What's brass?

[-] renzhexiangjiao 4 points 5 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

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