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In Episode 1 of _Amanchu!_ , Hikari bestows the nickname "Teko" on Futaba,
with the following explanation.

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[![enter image description
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> **Hikari** : [Gazes longingly into Futaba's eyes]
>
> **Hikari** : Wow! Your eyebrows are so thin. They're, like, one-tenth as
> thick as the average. One-tenth...Tenth...Teko! An adorable nickname!

How did Hikari hit upon this nickname in the original Japanese? And bonus
question: the translation I read of the manga translated Futaba's nickname as
"Dotty". Was this completely out of nowhere, or does it have some
justification in the original?


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Why is Futaba's nickname "Teko"?


In Japanese, Hikari says that Futaba's eyebrows look like _tenten_ , the two
strokes added to a kana to change the voicing value, also known as _dakuten_.
E.g. か _ka_ becomes が _ga_.

You can see the resemblance in this picture from the manga, at least if you
imagine Futaba's eyebrows both pointing in the same direction:

[![enter image description
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[![enter image description
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"Dotty" came from a translation of _tenten_ as "dot", presumably because
"Periody" or "Semicolony" didn't sound good.


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