Hello, I´ll take this as a chance to delurk and say hello to the list.
Japanese translations: iron - kurogane wind - kaze However, those are kun readings - how one would read kanji if it were read by itself (ie: single words). If you want to combine terms, then you want to use on readings: iron - tetsu wind - fu, fuu so the daisho´s name could be tetsufuu, or tetsufu. tetsukaze is also applicable, however (sometimes you can use kun readings as part of compounds). Big wind would be taifuu (like typhoon, yes), and little wind would be shoufuu. big iron would be tai/daitestu, and little iron is shoutetsu. I don´t know if I´d call them that though. It seems rather unpoetic. What you could do is focus on some aesthetic characteristic of the daishou - a glint of color, some interesting historical tidbit, etc. and name it accordingly. For example, a sword that was tempered in a snowy mountain might be called "yuki". Or a sword that was heavily used in some terrible war might get the name "sorrow". It´s generally a good idea to be somewhat melodramatic - the best samurai/shanbara stories are - and come up with a name. My japanese is good enough that I can help you translate a name, if you wish ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
