Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-24 Thread Dave Brill
On 23 March 2018 at 02:15, cafe...@pacific.net wrote: > What does "masu" mean in Japanese? > > Looked online and found one source that defined the word as an affirmative > ending of a verb. Masen being the negative. > > Another source said "masu" means "you." > > Does the

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Hans Dybkjær
Den 23. mar. 2018 kl. 17.06 skrev Anne LaVin : > Historically, rice was measured with small, square wooden boxes - these are > themselves just called "masu" in Japanese, and as such, "masu box" in > English is actually a bit redundant. A "masu" just is one of those objects.

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Anne LaVin
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:15 PM, cafe...@pacific.net wrote: > > What does "masu" mean in Japanese? Japanese has lots and lots of homophones (words that sound the same but mean different things.) My dictionary says that its primary meaning is "measuring container; measure".

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Nyle Rodgers
On Mar 23, 2018 11:42 AM, "cafe...@pacific.net" wrote: What does "masu" mean in Japanese? Masu (in this case) means "measuring container." A masu box traditionally referred to square wooden boxes used to measure portions of rice; modern versions are used for other

Re: [Origami] Masu box

2018-03-23 Thread Peter Mielke
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:15 PM, cafe...@pacific.net wrote: > What does "masu" mean in Japanese? > > Looked online and found one source that defined the word as an affirmative > ending of a verb. Masen being the negative. > > Another source said "masu" means "you." > > Does