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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 ...
Kira kira name (キラキラネーム, kira kira nēmu, lit. ' sparkling name ') is a term for a modern Japanese given name that has an atypical pronunciation or meaning. . Common characteristics of these names include unorthodox readings for kanji, pop culture references, or the use of foreign
Man'yōgana (万葉仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [maɰ̃joꜜːɡana] or [maɰ̃joːɡana]) is an ancient writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language. It was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically. The date of the earliest usage of this type of ...
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 ...
At the end of an utterance, the moraic nasal is pronounced as a nasal segment with a variable place of articulation and degree of constriction. [65] Its pronunciation in this position is traditionally described and transcribed as uvular , [66] sometimes with the qualification that it is, or approaches, velar after front vowels. [67]
Mai Ito (born 1984), Japanese marathon runner; Mai Kondo (近藤 真衣, born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player; Mai Matsumuro, (born 1983), Japanese singer, composer and a former member of J-pop girl band, Dream; Mai Mihara (三原 舞依, born 1999), Japanese figure skater; Mai Miyagi (宮城 舞, born 1988), Japanese model and television ...
Mia is a feminine given name. Long in use as a diminutive of names such as Maria , [ 1 ] Mia is recorded as a given name in the United States in the 1960s, and it rose to popularity in the 1990s to 2010s, from rank 316 in 1994 to rank 30 in 2004 and further to rank 6 in 2013–2015. [ 2 ]
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.