Today is the birthday of Doraemon, one of the most-loved anime characters of all time in Japan. In case you don’t know him, Doraemon is a cute robot cat, the central character of the manga and anime series with the same name.
The name "Doraemon" can be roughly translated to "stray." "Dora" derives from "dora neko" (brazen or stray cat, どら猫), and is a corruption of nora (stray). "Emon" 衛門、右衛門 is an archaic component of male given names like Goemon. "Dora" is not derived from dora 銅鑼, meaning gong, but rather a pun on that and the fact that Doraemon loves dorayaki. The name "Doraemon" (ドラえもん?) is stylized as an unusual mixture of Katakana (ドラ 'dora') and Hiragana (えもん 'emon').
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