The name Saburō was traditionally given to the third son of the family. With smaller families, the traditional use of Saburō is rare today, but it’s significantly more common than names that mean ninth son or tenth son. 78. Shigeru Shigeru, written as 茂, means luxuriant, lush. Shigeru...
The most common family names in Japan in 2019 How many Japanese family names there are The prevalence of rare Japanese last names The regional nature of some Japanese family names The convention of naming boys based on their birth order How it’s easy to forget people’s first names in Japa...
One Japanese website, Nippon, explained. “In the past, a festival dedicated to the celebration of girls was a rare event among the broader culture dominated by men. However, as the country works to bring women to the forefront of society, the Hinamatsuri has taken on a new aspect as an...
Due to the methodology used, this dictionary does not cover words with kana in them but it covers many rare 熟語 not covered by other frequency dictionaries, such as 睽乖. The number in parentheses is the number of times the word appears in the corpus. CC100 Find [JA Freq] Freq_CC100...
This is a Japanese baby name that translates as “rare beauty.” It is an exceptional choice for a child girl. Because her given name is not widely used in Japan or abroad, she is likely to be the only person with it in your town. 29. Himari Combining the two definitions, the word...
However, the rest of the design appears to be a program for a dance recital with the names of dances and below the names of Nagauta School musicians and Hayashi percussionists. This makes the exact reason for the print difficult to determine. Extremely rare: Possibly the only known impression...
UmeGeneration + eye, look, glance, viewpoint (代目). Probably an elegant (and rare) respelling of the common name Ume (plum blossom, 梅).Lower-ranking oiranToyokuni III UmegaeBranch of plum blossoms (梅枝), a chapter title fromThe Tale of Genji.The Great Mirror of Love ...
Even though Hayami is a popular last name, it is also a given name to girls in Japan. It means “unusual and rare beauty.” 30. Hikari Origin: Japanese This is another unisex name that is more commonly used for girls. It means “light” in Japanese and can even be seen in anime TV...
It is one of a group of Japanese names ending in -ko, meaning child, which were more popular in the past but are less commonly used in Japan now. If you choose this name for your little girl, you can also use the adorable shortening Emi. A rare Japanese name for boys is Kamui (...
privately commissioned for a poetry club, c 1832-34. Poems by Higaki Kunifune and Toshinoto Haruki. The judges’ names next to the poems. These were removed on the commercial editions. Rare because of the obvious reason that the numbers printed were directly related to the relatively small me...