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Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 553 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming ...
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [2]
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
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A doglike mountain spirit that may appear to travelers on mountain roads. It may be friendly, or may attack and kill the traveler, depending on the tale (also see the Japanese wolf). Yamajijii An old man spirit with one eye and one leg, found in Shikoku. Yamako An ape-like occasionally-cannibalistic creature that can read minds. Yama-no-Kami
Pages in category "Japanese unisex given names" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguri;
Pages in category "Japanese given names" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Coby; F. Fuju; K.