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Huchi



         


"Fire" in the Ainu language. Some claim that the name of Japan's tallest mountain, Fuji, comes from this, as Fuji was once an active volcano.

Another unrelated Ainu word (usually written with modern romanization "huci", but pronounced the same) means "grandmother".





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