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Ohtani and Yamamoto are unbelievable in any language. Japanese has several words for them

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If you're a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion-dollar duo of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you might want to learn a couple of Japanese adjectives.

Try these as the Dodgers and Padres are in South Korea to open the MLB season.

There's “shinjirarenai," which translates as “unbelievable” or “incredible.” Or the milder “subarashi,” which can mean “awesome” or “amazing."

Of course, the Japanese mega-stars are about unprecedented spending, flair, and commerical appeal. But there's more to it.

They've stirred pride in almost every Japanese, marked 150 years of baseball evolution in the country, and provided an antidote for political ills like the recent announcement that Japan's economy has slipped to No. 4 behind Germany. It was No. 2 until 2010 when

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