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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 543 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  3. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear

  4. Japanese phonology - Wikipedia

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    Many generalizations about Japanese pronunciation have exceptions if recent loanwords are taken into account. For example, the consonant [p] generally does not occur at the start of native (Yamato) or Chinese-derived (Sino-Japanese) words, but it occurs freely in this position in mimetic and foreign words. [2]

  5. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    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. Because parents when naming ...

  6. Japanese: The Spoken Language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese: The Spoken Language (JSL) is an introductory textbook series for learning Japanese.JSL was written by Eleanor Harz Jorden in collaboration with Mari Noda. Part 1 was published in 1987 by Yale Language Press, Part 2 in 1988, and Part 3 in 1990.

  7. Nao (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Nao (奈緒, born 1995), Japanese actress; Nao Asahi (朝日 奈央, born 1994), Japanese tarento; Nao Deguchi (出口 なお, 1837-1918), founder of Oomoto; Nao Eguchi (江口 直生, born 1992), Japanese footballer; Nao Furuhata (古畑 奈和, born 1996), member of the girl group SKE48; Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒, born 1994), Japanese pro ...

  8. Akane - Wikipedia

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    Akane (あかね, アカネ) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' (茜, Akane, Rubia cordifolia) and is associated with red [3] (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red. [4] Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name , ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, [ 5 ] as well as a surname .

  9. Lana (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Lana is a female given name and short name of multiple origins. It can be found most frequently in the English-speaking countries, former Yugoslavia, and as a short form of several Russian names such as Svetlana. [1] Lana can also be derived from the Germanic name Alana or the Greek name Helen.