Thread: What kind of japanese hone is this ?

Originally Posted by Nikolay

I know Japanese on very elementary level. It is also not my mothertongue.
Google translator give no or little to understand japanese. Usually it gives gibberish.
I prefer to use dictionaries like Denshi Jisho - Online Japanese dictionary for basic words and eow.alc.co.jp and others for advanced.
Also I have got japanese friends and I ask them for help with translation.

Have you talked to actual sellers of stones not via email, but rather in person??

Originally Posted by mainaman

Have you talked to actual sellers of stones not via email, but rather in person??

No. Never. All the communications has been by e-mail, IM, Skype and so on.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I do not think the kanji means Mejiro, and koma is not the finest nagura. Naguras vary in quality just as any other Jnat.
This piece could very well be a Chu nagura, which is very common

that looks exactly like my chu nagura