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Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear
Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect, functioning somewhat like a cross between a pun and a spoonerism. Double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment (such as in kakekotoba ) [ 1 ] due to the language's large number of homographs (different meanings for a given ...
"Somewhere with You" is a song written by Shane McAnally and J. T. Harding and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from Chesney's 2010 album Hemingway's Whiskey .
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.
' kanji for use in personal names ') are a set of 863 Chinese characters known as "name kanji" in English. They are a supplementary list of characters that can legally be used in registered personal names in Japan, despite not being in the official list of "commonly used characters" ( jōyō kanji ).
Kaname Takino (滝野要, born 1996), a former Japanese baseball player Kaname Yuzuki ( 柚木かなめ , born 1976) , also known as Shiho Kawaragi ( 河原木 志穂 ) , a Japanese voice actress Kaname Yonamine ( 与那嶺要 , 1925-2011) , also known as Wally Yonamine, a multi-sport American athlete
Miraitowa's name is a combination of the Japanese words "future" (未来, mirai) and "eternity" (永久, towa). [12] According to the Tokyo 2020 organizers, the name "was chosen to promote a future full of eternal hope in the hearts of people all over the world".
The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child". [2] Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are: 光子, "light, child"