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Originally Posted by SSJup81
Sorry for not offering any help, but what exactly is an Ainu name? I've heard of it, but don't know anything about it.
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Ainu are the "native Japanese," but I say this very loosely. A better word would probably be aboriginal. They can be compared to the modern day de facto Japanese are as to what the Native Americans are to the European settlers of the Americas. They settled in North Japan before the Japanese came.
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Ainu
An Ainu name is, well, an Ainu name.