I love Japan
Japanese language is super duper hard, but ultra fun!
The country's name is made up of the characters 日 (pronunciation ni, "day, sun") and 本 (pronunciation
hon, "origin, root, beginning"). Japan is therefore also known as the
"Land of the Rising Sun" . The compound term can be
pronounced both Nippon (に っ ぽ ん) and Nihon (に ほ ん): While
Nippon is used more in the formal language , on Japanese money and
postage stamps as well as at international events, Nihon is more
common in everyday and colloquial language .
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