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Japanese names | Yes

Lincoln Hui — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:29:00 +0000

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Post title: Yes

[quote]lingomania wrote:

I was wondering if kanjis can be written vertically too. I'm a bit ignorant on the matter :( [/quote]
Yes, kanji can be written vertically.

Japanese names | Oh

lingomania — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:34:00 +0000

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I was wondering if kanjis can be written vertically too. I'm a bit ignorant on the matter :(

Japanese names | Interesting

lingomania — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:10:00 +0000

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I'm learning new things on Oriental languages. Thanks.

Rob

Japanese names | Great List

Owen Davies — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:58:00 +0000

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Post title: Great List

Hi Momoka,
That's a great list, found my wifes name (美愛), she'll be happy! :-)

Now I wonder is there a way to combine the English with the Japanese...
All the best
Owen

Japanese names | A list with kanjis

Momoka (X) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:05:00 +0000

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Post title: A list with kanjis

[url removed]

Enjoy!

Japanese names | Don't forget,

michiko tsum (X) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:26:00 +0000

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Post title: Don't forget,

[quote]Owen Davies wrote:

Hi Mafalda,
There's no sure fire way of knowing, but if the name ends in a KO, it's probably a woman, but that's not a guarantee!
If you tell me the name I can probably tell you if it's a man or a woman.
All the best,
Owen [/quote]

There is "-hiko" for male name, as you said, nothing is a guarantee.

I've recently noticed that English names end with "a" are usually girl names. Am I right?

Japanese names | Man or woman?

Nobuo Kameyama — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:55:00 +0000

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Post title: Man or woman?

[quote]casey wrote:

[quote]Owen Davies wrote:

This is what you want! They're all in here
[url removed] [/quote]

Too bad it doesn't come with kanji. [/quote]

Yes, I agree with Casey. Kanji would help us a lot. Owen, please note that there are some Japanese first names both Japanese men and women use. Take for an example, "Kaoru." I know some Japanese women whose first name are "Kaoru" while one of my male calssmates' name is "Kaoru." He resembles New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui...;)

Japanese names | Kanji indeed!

Owen Davies — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:29:00 +0000

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Post title: Kanji indeed!

That was my first thought! Now that would be a very useful list.
Mind you, people are forever using new combinations of kanji for their kids, give them that individuality. It's a nice thing, but the risk of writing names wrong is always a worry. Friend of mine had a son a few years back and called him Jo - and used the Kanji from Matsumoto-jo! Nice.

Japanese names | Nice list

casey — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:44:00 +0000

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[quote]Owen Davies wrote:

This is what you want! They're all in here
[url removed] [/quote]

Too bad it doesn't come with kanji.

Japanese names | Girl's name

casey — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:43:00 +0000

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[quote]Mafalda d'Orey de Faria wrote:

Thank you Owen.
What about Miho?

Could you help?

Thank you again

Mafalda [/quote]

I have a friend named Miho. Her kanji is 美保.

Japanese names | Thank you

Mafalda d'Orey de Faria — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:20:00 +0000

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Post title: Thank you

Thank you Owen.
What about Miho?

Could you help?

Thank you again

Mafalda

Japanese names | Forget that last list

Owen Davies — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:26:00 +0000

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Post title: Forget that last list

This is what you want! They're all in here
[url removed]

Japanese names | Reasonable list

Owen Davies — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:24:00 +0000

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This is quite a good list of Japanese names, doesn't cover them all but it might help you out.
[url removed]

Japanese names | Ko

Owen Davies — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:17:00 +0000

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Post title: Ko

Hi Mafalda,
There's no sure fire way of knowing, but if the name ends in a KO, it's probably a woman, but that's not a guarantee!
If you tell me the name I can probably tell you if it's a man or a woman.
All the best,
Owen

Japanese names

Mafalda d'Orey de Faria — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:30:00 +0000

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Poster: Mafalda d'Orey de Faria

Hello everyone!
I was wondering if there is a way of knowing the gender of Japanese first names, i.e. a masculine or feminine?

Thanks in advance.

Mafalda