Questions tagged [names]
名称. Names in Japanese, including how to use them and how to write them.
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Looking to understand a fantasy name
This is related to Beyblade, regarding a team exclusive to a game that didn't get translated to English. Each blader has their own holy beast to command and I'm not getting the name of one of them.
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What are the most and least common kana in Japanese people's last name?
There are 104 kana in Japanese. Literally all of them can be used to spell people's last names. However, some are used more often than others. For example, "た", "だ", "とう", because 田 and 藤 are common ...
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一代 pronounced as かずよ？
I saw the following example sentence on WaniKani:
あそこに立っている外人の男の人のとなりにいる女の人があのゆう名なまつい一代さんです。
The lady next to the foreign guy standing over there is THE famous Kazuyo Matsui.
The part I'm confused ...
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What does the name “Ashido” mean?
I keep searching around for what it means, since I want to use the name as one of my characters. But the closest I've ever gotten to a translation was Mina Ashido's name being a pun on meaning Acid. ...
