I really like how the word "yoko" is pronounced, and I'll like to use it in my bussiness. I think that my bussiness will be named "yoko garage".
Do you know what yoko means? Does it have any bad or good meanings/concepts related to it?
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1Just for consideration: some names starting with yoko– Flaw ♦Feb 28, 2012 at 13:49
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it means sunshine my mothers name is yoko and she is from japan– user9865Apr 16, 2015 at 13:16
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@user9865 Japanese has many homophones, so there isn't just a single meaning. You're probably referring to 陽光 - ようこう youkou. Note that both "o"s are long here.– CodesInChaosApr 16, 2015 at 17:12
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See yooko, yoko, youko– CodesInChaosApr 16, 2015 at 17:12
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Yoko (横) is a fairly generic term meaning "side".
However, there are some less common, negative meanings associated with this word meaning "wrong", "invalid", "illogical", and "disorder". It also has a sense in which a prostitute to leave a client in secret to meet another man ("yoko ni iku"). And of course there are negative terms derived from this as well such as yokoshima meaning "evil" or "wicked".
http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E3%82%88%E3%81%93&eng=&dict=edict
- horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down;
- side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth;
- side (of a box, etc.);
- beside; aside; next to;
- unconnected
Maybe? Where did you hear the word? Sure it's not yooko or some such?
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2Yes, I also thought of a girls name 'Yooko', like 'Yoko Ono'.– user1016Feb 28, 2012 at 13:42