this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

For those that don’t already know, there’s a big family of Japanese symbols like this. Check it out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I always thought it was one of those mall ninja glaives so I’m glad it’s something else

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

apparently the term for this, tomoe, is commonly translated to English as comma even though the Japanese word doesn't seem to mean that at all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Okay good, because I thought maybe there were five lights instead.