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Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 538 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
K. Kagura (Azumanga Daioh) Nezuko Kamado; Kamiya Kaoru; Madoka Kaname; Mitsuri Kanroji; Urumi Kanzaki; Yuu Kashima; Ayumu Kasuga; Misato Katsuragi; Tomie Kawakami
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 ...
The kanji characters 晶 ("sparkle"), 明 ("bright"), and 秋 ("autumn") are three variations of ways to write "aki", and the character 子 is a common suffix in female given names in Japan. In Japanese the character 子 ( "ko" ) means "child".
Yōko, Yōkō. [1] Yoko and Yōko (ヨウコ, ようこ) are Japanese feminine given names. Yōko is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko. The name Yoko is almost always written with the kanji 子 (ko), meaning "child". The syllable ko is not generally found at the end of masculine names. In Japanese, Yoko and Yōko have numerous ...
Yuki (ゆき, ユキ) and Yūki/Yuuki (ゆうき, ユーキ) are separate Japanese given names used for females or males, though they can be romanized the same way when vowel length is not transliterated. Possible spellings of Yuki include 雪, 幸, 由紀, 由貴, 由岐, 由樹, 友紀, 夕希 and 有希. Possible spellings of Yūki include ...
Kunoichi. Kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一, also くのいち or クノイチ) is a Japanese cant term for "woman" (女, onna). [1][2] In popular culture, it is often used for female shinobi or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo). The term was largely popularized by novelist Yamada Futaro in his novel Ninpō Hakkenden (忍法八犬伝) in 1964. [1]
Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen. Konjin (金神) Kotoshironushi (事代主神) Kuebiko (久延毘古), the god of knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. Kukunochi, believed to be the ancestor of trees.