A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
Kofuku (å°ç¦), going by the trade name of Kofuku Ebisu (ã¨ãã¹å°ç¦, Ebisu Kofuku), is a Goddess of Poverty. Her Shinki is Daikoku. Being a Binbougami -- a god of poverty that is neither enshrined nor actively worshiped -- she was not born with a name; Kofuku being a name Daikoku gave her. She goes by the cover name Kofuku Ebisu in order to make it seem as though she is a god of fortune.