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Hawaiian Word of The Day
Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: June 18th

By Leilani Poliʻahu
Published June 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM HST
Many of our visitors to Hawaiʻi come from Japan, and we call them kepanī.

Many of our visitors to Hawaiʻi come from Japan, and we call them kepanī. It is, as you may have guessed, a transliteration of the English word Japanese.

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