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Kaneshiro is a Japanese surname meaning "golden castle". [1] The kanji used to write this surname may also be read Kinjō in on'yomi or Kanagusuku in the Okinawan language pronunciation. The former reading often indicates Okinawan origin, and the latter reading always does.
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 ]
Okada was born into a Buddhist family, and also practiced the traditional Japanese nature religion, Shinto. After many setbacks in life and in a search for meaning, Okada became a member of Oomoto , one of Japan's new religions that was preparing for the New Age of Light, where he practiced a traditional hands-on, massage style Shinto-based ...
Around 918 A.D., a Japanese medical dictionary entitled "Japanese names of (Chinese) Materia Medica" (Honzō-wamyō) was compiled, quoting from 60 Chinese medical works. During the Heian period , Tanba Yasuyori (912–995) compiled the first Japanese medical book, Ishinpō ("Prescriptions from the Heart of Medicine"), drawing from numerous ...
In some names, Japanese characters phonetically "spell" a name and have no intended meaning behind them. Many Japanese personal names use puns. [16] Although usually written in kanji, Japanese names have distinct differences from Chinese names through the selection of characters in a name and the pronunciation of them. A Japanese person can ...
[26] 大名 daimyō, "great names"; the most powerful Japanese feudal rulers from the 12th century to the 19th century genro [27] 元老 genrō, retired elder Japanese statesmen, who served as informal advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji and Taisho eras mikado [28] 帝, a dated term for "emperor"; specifically for the Emperor of Japan rōnin
The name of a “trailing moon” in Saturn’s orbit, this gender-neutral moniker of Greek origin also has mythological ties to a nymph whose name means, ‘I hide.’ 47. Ariel
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,427 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .