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[machismost]

Yo! So I've been thinking a little bit about the different worlds and stuff and I was kinda wondering.

Do you guys have any particular meanings behind your names?

[ Kirishima holds up what looks to be like a notepad that would be used normally for restaurant order tickets. ]

For example, my name's Kirishima, right? But in my language that can be broken up into kanji - um, symbols?

So this symbol means 'to cut'.

[ A picture of 切 . His writing is not the best, but it's legible. ]

But you pronounce it 'kiri'. Then this symbol means "island".

[ Next page flipped over, a picture of 島 ]

But it's pronounced 'shima'. You put them together and it can be 'Kirishima' but they also have that extra meaning? Because there are other symbols that can make those same sounds but they don't have the same meaning.

[ How to explain things when you aren't a moron linguistics guy? ]

Anyway, what meanings are behind your names?

[ The Delibirds have arrived in several places. Is anyone fooled by this? ]

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[Oh man, those fucking delibirds. Jolyne's quiet for the longest moment as she contemplates it before slowly shrugging, good grief.]

Depends on what language you wanna go with. Since my name's kinda dumb as hell 'bout that sorta shit. Like, Jolyne's pretty English and shit. But my last name's been mostly Americanized [not because she had an issue with her dad until recently, what] to Cujoh [she's just gonna write that down on some scrap paper and hold it up, because of course she is] when it was originally Kujo. [Same dealio there, though she's quietly humming for a brief moment.]

Though I guess my first name in Japanese would also be Jorin, technically. Not that anyone really used that 'sides dad because he's a fucking weirdo. Evidently the kanji for that shit's like [just gonna do a real shit version of 徐] that, which evidently means slowly or gently and [倫 for the next] I think that's just literally "rin" which is kinda fuckin' stupid but whatever, I don't really speak it that much.

[machismost]

Well it sounds like you don't speak it that much because that's not what you really grew up with!

[ He peers at the English spelling she puts up for him because of course. Honestly, it's one of the times he has to actively think about the writing rather than have it immediately translated for him. Kinda weird. Because concentrating on it for more than a moment makes it somehow understandable. Kind of like how you can't keep yourself from reading a language you understand on a sign or a page, in snippets or entirety. Kirishima's not sure if that's pure him ( because he has been taking English classes prior to arriving here ) or whatever's happening between all of them. He's a fool and even he's noticed lip flaps don't add up to what he's hearing!

The big take-away here is Kirishima's only curious and supportive about Jolyne offers. He's definitely not the sort of guy to say who can or can't be Japanese. In fact, he does try to sketch on his notepad what Jolyne draws with her finger in the air. Between that and the sound of it, he actually does make the correct kanji. He leaves it laying there, however, indicating he was making a note for himself rather than trying to correct her or show off. ]

What's your name mean to you, Miss Jolyne?

[ He uses the formality because... she basically offered him and Bakugou carte blanche for help in the past, at least it seemed like that. ]