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Hotoru
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en ja ほとる Hotoru.
Proper noun
en female Japanese.
en 1973 Kazuo Itō Issei: A History of Japanese Immigrants in North America Japanese Community Service https://books.google.ca/books?id=5chAAAAAIAAJ&q=Hotoru+Matsudaira&dq=Hotoru+Matsudaira&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y 287 Regarding the "Mother of the Year" award, in 1951 Hotoru Matsudaira of Seattle was the first Japanese to win this honor by a vote among all Catholics in the nation.
Japanese
Romanization
ほとる