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Is there an online dictionary for Japanese names?
xxxsarahl
United States
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Jul 12, 2004

Hi everyone!
Is there a good online reference for Japanese last and first names, always a problem when we translate out of Japanese...
Thanks for your input.
Sarah


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ALAIN COTE  Identity Verified
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これ! Jul 12, 2004

http://www.kokemus.kokugo.juen.ac.jp/names/namae/NA-index.html



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Tommy Konishi  Identity Verified
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Another site Jul 12, 2004

Shows about 7,000 Japansese last name(=苗字)

http://www.myj7000.jp-biz.net/

Hope that this will be some help for you.


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ALAIN COTE  Identity Verified
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もう一つ Jul 13, 2004

Kodansha : http://www.libro-koseisha.co.jp/top19/top19.html

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xxxsarahl
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okini! Jul 13, 2004

thank you for sore, ashi-nashi Cote sama.
thank you too, Tommy san


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Tommy Konishi  Identity Verified
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maido ! Jul 13, 2004

sarahl-san

you are "kansai-ben" native speaker ? (^^;;


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xxxsarahl
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summasen! Jul 13, 2004


Tommy Konishi wrote:


sarahl-san

you are "kansai-ben" native speaker ? (^^;;

maido Konishi han. akari makka?
summasen kedo boogowa furansugo desharo.
summasen honmani!


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conejo  Identity Verified
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Links for Japanese names. Jul 27, 2004

Here are some links I use.

First Names: http://www.din.or.jp/~wa6/namae/sa.html
Surnames: http://www.myshop.co.jp/japancal/fname/name23.htm

You have to go to the index page and do CTRL+F to search for your name.


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xxxsarahl
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Thank you! Jul 28, 2004

Thank you Patti for these helpful links.
Sarah


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shibats
Japan
Japanese names dictionary Feb 9

http://coreblog.org/naming/

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