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yuiyoshida

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8. Not familar with the word "kotonk"

Thu Feb 12, 2015, 04:31 PM

Feb 2015

I always tell my Japanese friends on line that I am.. -Nikkei jin nisei to hawaiian no amerikajin desu! I have probably a sliver of Native Hawaiian in me. There are some native Hawaiians in my family tree, but for the most part, I am Japanese-American.

aw I found something: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Kotonk/

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