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Japanese names may be written in hiragana or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic rendering and lack meanings that are expressed by names written in the logographic kanji.
Aya is a male or female name with multiple meanings in many different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". Aya (あや, アヤ) is a common female Japanese given name meaning "design", "colorful" or "beautiful".
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 words.
The English word Viking became Japanese バイキング (baikingu), meaning "buffet", because the first restaurant in Japan to offer buffet-style meals, inspired by the Nordic smörgåsbord, was opened in 1958 by the Imperial Hotel under the name "Viking". [34] The German word Kachel, meaning "tile", became the Dutch word kachel meaning "stove ...
Meaning It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. Isao ( いさお, イサオ ) is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period (1926-1989).
In addition to native words and placenames, kanji are used to write Japanese family names and most Japanese given names. Centuries ago, hiragana and katakana, the two kana syllabaries, derived their shapes from particular kanji pronounced in the same way. However, unlike kanji, kana have no meaning, and are used only to represent sounds.
Kenji Kasai (笠井 賢二), Japanese table tennis player; Kenji Kawai (憲次, born 1957), Japanese music composer; Kenji Kawakami (賢司, born 1946), inventor of the Japanese craze Chindōgu; Kenji Kazama (風間 健, born 1943), Japanese martial artist and actor; Kenji Kimihara (健二, born 1941), Japanese long-distance runner
Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist; Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer; Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player; Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer; Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress; Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player