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Cool Kanji – 国字 Posted onMarch 1, 2019 After taking a extended vacation late last year (I was a little burned out from translation), I’m back in the Japan Times with an article about some of my favorite Japanese phrases: “Japanese that’s so beautiful it belongs in a museum.” ...
How it’s easy to forget people’s first names in Japan Some of the factors people in Japan consider when naming a baby Asking people in Japan about the kanji they use for their given name as a way to spark conversation The phenomenon of siblings having related names Interesting names in ...
The fact that the same-sounding word can be spelled with different kanji characters and have multiple meanings makes Japanese names unique. Nature, virtue, character depth, hopes, and plans for the future predominate in the qualities embodied by traditional Japanese baby names. Here are a few of...
Click Here to see full-size tableThe Japanese language can be written with three different scripts: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Kanji, which is the oldest of the three scripts, consists of Chinese ideograms (hanzi) that were introduced in Japan in the 5th century ce. But the kanji syste...
or have you heard of any of the names like these in the past? By the way, if you ever wonder how the Japanese name(written in Kanji) is spelled out, or pronounced, the following site is a great resource for finding out the info. I use it quite often myself. 人名漢字辞典 – ...
WakanaYoung + na [a kanji used for its sound rather than its meaning] (若那), fresh young leaves (若菜). A reference to theTale of Genji.OiranThe Great Mirror of Love,Eishi,Kitagawa Utamaro WakanouraPossibly 和歌浦, 'inlet of harmonious song."Kitagawa Utamaro ...
In Japan, like in China and Korea, the first name follows the family name. A person with the first name "Ichiro" and the family name "Suzuki" is, therefore, called "Suzuki Ichiro" rather than "Ichiro Suzuki". Family names Most Japanese family names consist of twokanji(Chinese characters)...
When it comes to Japanese names, while Yuuki may appear to be a girl’s name to most English speakers, it is really more usually used as a boy’s name. Several alternative kanji combinations can be used to write it, but the most commonly used combination signifies “gentle hope.” It ...
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