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Thanks for the thread! I have a question about an upcoming space mission and the term “omotenashi”.
JAXA has designed a moon orbiter mission called _Omotenashi_ which I think is usually translated as providing good service, or hospitality, particularly in service-related industries. But the project lead [was asked](https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/feature/interview/139.html),
> OMOTENASHIと名付けた理由を教えてください。
And replied,
> OMOTENASHIによって小さい探査機でも月に着陸できるとわかれば、世界中の大学や企業、さらには個人からいろいろなアイデアが出てくるでしょう。
And also,
> これから訪れるたくさんの探査機をおもてなししたい。そういう思いも込めています。
So I have these questions:
* Is omotenashi used much in verb form? omotenashi suru? Omotenashi shimashou, omotenashi sareta?
* Is omotenashi also related to the concept of smallness or humble (not big or powerful) efforts? Is that why he mentions the small spacecraft aspect specifically?
* 訪れる means visit–is he trying to say, “they’ll visit us (our spacecraft) on the moon?” or, “we want to prepare the metaphorical pathway to the moon, as a way of welcoming other projects to walk the same metaphorical path that we have walked”? In other words, extending hospitality from the engineering world toward non-engineering projects or people who may be interested in moon experiments?
Thanks for any input or context!
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