On: Nintendo visionary Hiroshi Yamauchi dies aged 85

[dpapathanasiou]

For those who don't get it, that's the loose way of translating the three characters[1] which make up the name "Nintendo" in Japanese, though you wouldn't necessarily know it by looking them up one by one[2].

[1] 任天堂

[2] http://tangorin.com/general/%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82

[ekianjo → dpapathanasiou]

You would not even translate it this way. :P You dont just stitch meaning to kanji like that in Japanese :P

[w1ntermute → ekianjo]

任天堂本社こそその意味が確実に付けられると思ってない。

http://kotaku.com/5649625/nintendo-might-not-mean-what-you-t...

[dpapathanasiou → ekianjo]

It's not the way I would translate it myself (I would say it's just a name, and really has no meaning), but it is a common English interpretation that's been floating out there.

[w1ntermute → dpapathanasiou]

「運」という意味がその３つのどの漢字にも入ってないよ。

[aikinai → w1ntermute]

It doesn't really make any sense, but that's the official story even inside Nintendo (of America).

And using Japanese here is pointless.

[dpapathanasiou → aikinai]

And using Japanese here is pointless.

We're just doing our best to show off ;)

[dpapathanasiou → w1ntermute]

おっしゃる通りです。ただ、「何」を天に任せると聞かれたら、「運」がいちおう適当な返事でしょう、ね。