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Old 2006-06-08, 07:13   Link #91
shimonkin
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Originally Posted by Furudanuki
I was showing the last several episodes of Utawarerumono to my local anime circle, and a question about Japanese linguistics came up that I hope someone here will be able to answer. Whenever the late unlamented emperor Inkara spoke, he ended every sentence with something that sounded like "nyamo" ( or maybe "nan de mo", but not sure that would make sense in context). I'm assuming that this is some sort of speech affectation used by a person of a privileged class. But can anyone provide some more information about what this means and where it comes from? Thanks!
"nyamo" has no meanings.
Real Japanese don't use it.
To put it briefly, it's similar to "nyo" of Di Gi Charat.
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