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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.

杵崎ほまれ
aka Hocchan
Height: 156 cm (5'1") She is the older of a pair of twin sisters; her family runs "Kinezaki-ya," a branch of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop in Yokosuka that has been in business since the Meiji era. Her hobby involves reading a collection of Edo-period recipes she acquired as a child and reviving the traditional methods for making Japanese sweets. She also tends a small vegetable garden aboard the Harekaze, growing shiso and green beans. Like Mikan and her younger sister Akane, she helps prepare meals…