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Originally Posted by Vaux
I'm sure many of you are already know most of this, but I stumbled upon a seemingly-exhaustive Wiki article on Japanese ship-naming conventions. I found it fascinating and thought others would appreciate it:
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Good stuff.
The Japanese language tends to be poetic in nature, and it's not surprising that Japanese warships carried names which were very lyrical. It's certainly difficult to imagine US destroyers being named after various meteorological conditions.