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  1. it is nice that japanese for airplane is 飛行機 that literally means "machine that goes flying"

    Thursday, 17-Sep-15 01:05:36 UTC from web
    1. @mushi sort of the same thing in German, and in Russian it translates to "self-flying".

      Thursday, 17-Sep-15 01:13:59 UTC from web
      1. @stawllion in portuguese it is "avião" and and i dont think that has some kind of meaning

        Thursday, 17-Sep-15 01:16:23 UTC from web
    2. @mushi Agreed! But 航空機 "sky navigating machine" is also nice. :)

      Thursday, 17-Sep-15 02:38:21 UTC from quitter.se
      1. @onetimepad oh, this word i didnt know

        Thursday, 17-Sep-15 02:37:34 UTC from web
        1. @mushi it's more general than 飛行機, you can use it for all kinds of flying things, while 飛行機 is only for airplanes.

          Thursday, 17-Sep-15 02:45:10 UTC from quitter.se
          1. @onetimepad oh nice. also, it is easier to write, the 飛ぶ kanji is annoying to rite

            Thursday, 17-Sep-15 02:45:12 UTC from web