randint

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It's not that difficult to remember which people use which messaging apps. I use Signal, Line, Whatsapp, Matrix, Telegram, heck even Instagram DMs with different people. I try to push people to Signal whenever I can though.

Just writing this for people who'd want to know: hoshi (星) is the daily, common word used to refer to stars and planets. This is the most common word that someone would use to refer to a star. However, for science, more precise terms do exist: wakusei (惑星) for "planets" and kousei (恒星) for "stars".

I was curious about what the Japanese side's take on Trump's remark would be, so I found this news report from a Japanese outlet:

https://youtu.be/gy-4-iySD-s

Try translating the comments by yourself. You'd find that most people are blaming the Japanese reporter who asked "why didn't you notify us before attacking Iran." They say that of course they wouldn't tell us (Japanese) about a surprise attack beforehand and that this question is stupid and rude.

Personally though I think this remark is rude regardless of what questions were asked. Also I think that the question itself may be stupid but isn't rude.