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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 ...
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,417 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no Shimei, Nihonjin no Seimei, Nihonjin no Namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules.
The word Japan is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by many languages. The Japanese names for Japan are Nihon (にほん ⓘ) and Nippon (にっぽん ⓘ). They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本. Since the third century, Chinese called the people of the Japanese archipelago something like "ˀWâ" (倭), which ...
List of prefectures. The following list contains the etymology of each current prefecture. The default alphabetic order in this sortable table can be altered to mirror the traditional Japanese regions and ISO parsing. Prefecture. Kanji. origin and meaning of name. Aichi. 愛知県. Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge".
Rank Name 2008 estimates Kanji Romaji Numbers % 1 佐藤: Satō: 1,990,000 1.57 2 鈴木: Suzuki: 1,900,000 1.50 3 高橋: Takahashi: 1,470,000 1.16 4 田中
A courtesy name is a name traditionally given to Chinese men at the age of 20 sui, marking their coming of age. It was sometimes given to women, usually upon marriage. [1] The practice is no longer common in modern Chinese society. According to the Book of Rites, after a man reached adulthood, it was disrespectful for others of the same ...
Japanese ship-naming conventions. Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.