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Welcome back to another "How to Pronounce" video.
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Today, we’ll be teaching you how to pronounce Japanese fountain pen terms.
Let’s start with some vocabulary terms!
Kaede
Kaede means maple.
The Pilot Custom Kaede fountain pen uses polished maple in its body.
Kyō
Kyō is short for Kyoto.
Kyo No Oto and Kyo-Iro fountain pen inks are inspired by this historic city.
Maki-e
Maki-e literally translates to “sprinkled picture.”
You can see maki-e on these Pilot and Platinum pens.
It’s a Japanese art in which lacquer is layered and decorated
with powdered gold and other precious metals to create a stunning effect.
Mannenhitsu
Mannenhitsu is the Japanese word for fountain pen.
You can see it here on the packaging for Pilot’s Kakuno fountain pen.
Nuri
Nuri is a lacquer coating.
Pilot’s Maki-e Seirei Nuri fountain pens feature a lacy gold motif inspired by dragonfly wings.
Raden
Raden is a technique used in Japanese lacquerware
that features inlays of shells and ivory.
Rōbiki
Rōbiki is a wax coating that can be applied to paper or cloth.
The Yamamoto Ro-Biki Notebooks use this coating on their covers.
Shikiori
Shikiori refers to the four seasons.
Sailor’s Shikiori inks are inspired by the beauty of each season in Japan.
Shizuku
Shizuku means drops or droplets.
Iroshizuku, Pilot’s popular line of inks, literally means color droplets.
Now let’s get into the brands.
Kobeha
Named after the city of Kobe, Kobeha makes beautifully designed stationery,
including these fountain-pen-friendly notebooks.
Masuya
Admired by many writers, Masuya has a long, rich history
of producing writing papers, like their stunning Monokaki notebooks.
Nagasawa
Nagasawa was founded in 1882 and is based in Kobe.
They offer beautiful fountain pens and inks.
Takeda Jimuki
Takeda Jimuki produces the Kyoto-inspired
fountain pen inks mentioned earlier in this video.
Tomoegawa
Tomoegawa is the manufacturing company behind the fountain-pen-friendly
Tomoe River paper -- unsurprisingly, since gawa means river.
Fountain pen users love Tomoe River paper
because it’s thin, super lightweight, and extremely smooth.
Tsubame
Based in Tokyo, Tsubame produces high-quality notebooks,
memo books, and other stationery products.
Yamamoto Shigyō
Yamamoto Shigyō is a paper wholesale and stationery producer
that specializes in unique paper, such their waxed Ro-biki notebooks.
These next brands don’t have traditional Japanese names,
but they’re such legends in the fountain pen world that we had to include them!
Pilot
Pilot is the largest pen manufacturer in Japan.
They make everything from gel pens to mechanical pencil to, of course, fountain pens.
They just celebrated their 100th-year anniversary in 2018!
Platinum
Another company with a 100-year long history, Platinum continues to create beautiful
and innovative fountain pens as well as other writing instruments.
Sailor
Founded in 1911, Sailor was the first company in Japan to make fountain pens,
and these pens are still some of the most sought after today.
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