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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

meanwhile, Japanese:

white metal (shirogane) = silver

black metal (kurogane) = iron

red metal (akagane) = copper

yellow metal (kogane) = gold

blade metal (hagane) = steel

blue metal (aogane) = lead

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's brass?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I couldn't find any native japanese word for it, but there is 黄銅 (oudou) "yellow copper", borrowed from chinese 黃銅

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