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  seth_n

  eople really need to learn how to speak Japanese and understand the culture better.
  
  "Tokumei" is a traditional Japanese word from the "Edo" period of Japanese feudalism meaning "Unknown person". Typically when a person came to your home, and you were not sure who it was, you'd say to them "Mushi Mushi". If they responded "Mushi mushi" back, you'd then inquire their family name. In traditional Japanese culture, folklore, and Shinto, it was believed that "ghost's" (Yuri), "Demons" (Oni), and various other types of Trickster spirits (Kitsune (Fox spirits)); were not able to say "Mushi Mushi" back, as it was a word reserved for only human speech. It later over time became so common place, that it's now commonly used as a word meaning "Hello". However in traditional Ego person culture it literally roughly meant "Are you Human".
  
  Anyhow; If the person answered back "Hai, Watakushi ni Mushi mushi desu" (Yes, I am Human human '."), but did not not give a family name when inquired, then you'd simply refer to them as "Tokumei", or a person of an unknown origin. However after the Japanese culture merged with a lot of western ideas the term evolved into a variant of the word "Anonymous", and more recently in the last 20 years, has become the standard word when referring to any person that you simply don't know. These days it can be used as a word meaning, "Stranger", "Person of mystery", "Unknown person", or even "Anonymous". more »

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