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"chokuegambo"?

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Zhen Lin

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Jan 1, 2006, 12:41:15 AM1/1/06
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According to the BBC <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4434926.stm>,
> 7. The Japanese word "chokuegambo" describes the wish that there were
> more designer-brand shops on a given street.

Pray tell what is this word in kanji?

Travers Naran

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Jan 1, 2006, 2:39:10 AM1/1/06
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直営願望

There was a short-lived thread on this group in November about it:

http://groups.google.ca/group/sci.lang.japan/browse_frm/thread/4429ef92582e83d2/845a8e2970621443?lnk=st&q=chokuegambo+group%3Asci.lang.japan&rnum=2#845a8e2970621443

The words all apparently come from this article:
http://www.mainichi.co.jp/syuppan/sunday/tokusyuu/news/20051102-175021.html

Zhen Lin

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Jan 1, 2006, 8:32:47 AM1/1/06
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Travers Naran wrote:
> 直営願望

Hmm, thought they'd do something like that, dropping the i from えい...

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