Really basic Japanese for Pachinko Buyers

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CR忍者ハットリくんFN http://www.pachitalk.com/4images/det...20&mode=search

Has keyword "Doofus" in the museum (from the way the stylized letters from the name on the playfield somewhat resemble that English word, which is kind of funny).

This has ALL THREE:

Kanji:忍者=Ninja (from two characters meaning "patience" and "person"!)

Katakana:ハットリ=Hattori (a proper name spelled phonetically)

Hiragana: くん=kun (name suffix meaning little, I believe-a clue is remembering that Hiragana is often in materials for children, like Norakuro before)

So all together: CR Ninja Hattori-kun or CR Little Ninja Hattori!

From the Japanese manga, later TV anime series, later live action movie about a young ninja named Hattori - link to anime reference site: (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/enc...ime.php?id=4313)

Where does Google get "Hat Lee"? From the fact that this katakana is used as a pronunciation "work around" for the lack of an "L" sound...and of course it can't understand a proper name, so the (phonetic in Katakana) name Hattori becomes "Hat Lee".

Arby inspired me once on this board: as he said, "Really, we're all learning..."