Nicoglius on December 30, 2025 1:53 am ooh, I’m first. Okay, it’s a fun meme in English but doesn’t work in Japanese because “Kyo” and “to” in “Kyoto” are both different characters for “capital”. But in “Tokyo” the “To” instead means “east”. So Tokyo means “East Capital”, whereas “Kyoto” basically just means “capital”.
Gold_Ad1772 on December 30, 2025 1:54 am Tell me you don’t know Japanese without telling me you don’t know Japanese
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ooh, I’m first.
Okay, it’s a fun meme in English but doesn’t work in Japanese because “Kyo” and “to” in “Kyoto” are both different characters for “capital”.
But in “Tokyo” the “To” instead means “east”. So Tokyo means “East Capital”, whereas “Kyoto” basically just means “capital”.
Tell me you don’t know Japanese without telling me you don’t know Japanese
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Just be glad they didn’t go for OOYKT