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Old September 2nd, 2008, 09:09 AM
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Re: Origins of HS Names

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Originally Posted by johnny139 View Post
You know, it's the darndest thing... I have no idea. I Googled, but all of the links lead to Gurei = Gray, and I can't imagine any other place I would have found it.

...are you creating a web-wide conspiracy? Making yourself seem smarter? Changing every link to say Gray!?

No. That's crazy.

...or is it?
It can mean mountain peak. (http://bujinkan.graycastle.com/keiko/)
Really depends on how you write it.
Oh, and the -emon suffix in Kaemon is used for old names, from samurai times. It's like -yl on Ethyl and Beryl, not very common anymore.
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