I am getting tired of reporters referring to Fukushima Daichi # 2, 3, or 4. The name of the plant is not Fukushima Daichi.
Dai is a counter used in Japanese that is the equvalent of “Number”.
So it is Fukushima Dai-ichi, Dai-ni, Dai-san, or Dai-yon. Fukushima no dai ichi genshiro, if you want to be totally correct.
from nina’s site
Skippy,
There are actually 6 reactors at Fukushima Daiichi and 4 others at a separate site named Fukushima Daini.
Source: Nuclear Power in Japan
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf79.html
Well, that will teach me to google first.
So I guess its Fukushima Daiichi daiichi.
yep, it is number of plant followed by number of reactor…
Someone must have got the corrected translation to Ms. Sawyer from ABC. They have dropped the daiichi. Good job Skippy-san.