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BASAbali is an online "wiki" that includes a Balinese language dictionary that aims to preserve the Balinese Language, [3] a module for regular "wikithons" on civic issues, and a cultural wiki with entries about notable artists, historical events, etc. [4] BASAbali was initiated to counter the diminishing use of the Balinese language.
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,428 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Hakama – A type of traditional Japanese clothing; originally inspired from kù (simplified Chinese: 裤; traditional Chinese: 褲), trousers used by the Chinese imperial court in the Sui and Tang dynasties. This style was adopted by the Japanese in the form of the hakama, beginning in the sixth century.
The same 馬鹿 "horse deer" characters that transcribe baka are also used for names in Chinese zoological nomenclature and Japanese mythology. In Chinese, mǎlù (馬鹿) refers to the red deer (Cervus elaphus), Japanese akashika 赤鹿. Mumashika is a rare alternate Japanese reading of 馬鹿 that names a yōkai demon with a horse's head and ...
Maki (まき, マキ) is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.. Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive):
Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: . 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea" as a given name. 成美, "achieve, beauty" 成実, "achieve, truth" as a surname
The infix -um-is the prefix to show active verb which generally shows no difference in meaning with the derivation with prefix (m)aN-. Sometimes, there is a difference in meaning between the prefixed (m)aN- and infixed -um- , such as anahur (to repay) and sumahur (to answer) from sahur (answer, return).