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  2. Category:Japanese feminine given names - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 532 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  3. List of common Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), 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.

  4. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Her name means "Shines from Heaven" or "the great kami who shine Heaven". For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto. Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry in Shinto.

  5. Category:Japanese-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Japanese-language surnames of Chinese origin‎ (1 P) Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,983 total.

  6. Japanese era name - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese era name ( Japanese: 年号, Hepburn: nengō, "year name") or gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "gan (元) "), followed by the literal "nen (年) " meaning ...

  7. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect. 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 spelling) and homophones (different meanings for a given ...

  8. Japanese clans - Wikipedia

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    Hirano clan – descended from Prince Toneri son of Emperor Tenmu, by the Kiyowara clan. Hisamatsu clan ( 久松氏) – cadet branch of Takatsuji family who descended from Sugawara clan. Mon of the Honda clan. Hitotsuyanagi clan ( 一柳氏) – cadet branch of Kōno clan who descended from Prince Iyo, son of Emperor Kanmu.

  9. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    The name of a kitsune who is famous for pretending to be a Buddhist priest. Hanako-san The spirit of a young World War II-era girl who inhabits and haunts elementary school restrooms. Hannya A Noh mask representing a jealous female demon. Haradashi A humanoid creature with a giant face on its stomach, that enjoys making people laugh with zany ...