Etymology

Nintendo

Nin·ten·do
N1I1N1T1E1N1D2O1

Today it means: A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo. Full definition →

Japanese 任天堂
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The story

  1. Japanese運
  2. Japaneseを
  3. Japanese天狗 (tengu)?
  4. Japanese天
  5. Japaneseに
  6. Japanese任せる
  7. Japanese運を天に任せる (un o ten ni makaseru)
  8. Japanese任天堂
  9. English todayNintendo

Borrowed from Japanese 任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) (Nintendō).

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