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Old 2007-10-13, 16:39   Link #1037
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Originally Posted by zetsumei View Post
I saw the first episode of Bamboo Blade today and when the title and I saw 味「Taste; Experience」 + 方「Way of; Person; Direction 」 and would have never guess 味方 was ally/friend. Unless those two Kanji has more definition I don't know about...
味方 is replaced Kanji that was not considered of meaning.
味方 is 御方 originally.

味方 = 御方 = mikata = mi(prefix of respect) + kata(side)
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