Meaning of "fuji-tei" as restaurant name

Hello,
Sorry for this little question, but I can't find the answer through other canals. I was wondering what the meaning is of "Fuji-Tei" as the name of a Japanese-Korean restaurant. I believe 'fuji' in fujiyama means 'snowy' and '-tei' seems a normal extention for resataurants, but I can't find the real meaning of it. Kind regards, thanks in advance!

Konnichiwa elzosmid-san!

I agree with you. 'Fuji' means fujiyama and "Tei" means resataurant.

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Shouldn't it be "Fujisan"? Or is there something I'm missing?

J44xm said:

Shouldn't it be "Fujisan"? Or is there something I'm missing?

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I think either one is correct, although except in the pictures, Fuji doesn't mean "snowy" for sure.

elzosmid said:

Hello,
Sorry for this little question, but I can't find the answer through other canals. I was wondering what the meaning is of "Fuji-Tei" as the name of a Japanese-Korean restaurant. I believe 'fuji' in fujiyama means 'snowy' and '-tei' seems a normal extention for resataurants, but I can't find the real meaning of it. Kind regards, thanks in advance!

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Fuji could mean either the mountain (Fuji-san/Mt.Fuji) or flower (fuji/wisteria).
But considering it's a name for a restaurant, Fuji-san is more likely.

As Elizabeth san pointed out, "fuji" does not mean anything related snow.
(And as J44xm says, it is not called Fuji-yama but Fuji-san.)

There are several theories about the origin of the name "Fuji" for the mountain. Some says that it came from the word "fushi" (meaning immortal) but it seems to be a myth made up after the name, not the other way round.
Others says it came from Ainu word "fuchi" meaning fire, but today the main theory is it came from 和語(倭語) wago "fuji" to indicate the place with a long, smooth slope.

undrentide said:

Fuji could mean either the mountain (Fuji-san/Mt.Fuji) or flower (fuji/wisteria).
But considering it's a name for a restaurant, Fuji-san is more likely.
As Elizabeth san pointed out, "fuji" does not mean anything related snow.
(And as J44xm says, it is not called Fuji-yama but Fuji-san.)

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I'm pretty sure Fujiyama is also the name of a well-established (Japanese-style?) restaurant in the West, which is where I assumed the OP may have been influenced to that reading.