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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 orthographical variations.
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.
It was the custom among aristocrats in those days to call a court lady by a nickname taken from a court office belonging to her father or husband. [1] Sei ( 清 ) derives from her father's family name " Kiyohara " (the native Japanese reading of the first character is kiyo , while the Sino-Japanese reading is sei ), while Shōnagon ( 少納言 ...
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 ...
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Hinata (ヒナタ), one of Takumi's retainers in Fire Emblem Fates.; Hinata Mutō (日向), a character from the manga series I Am Here!; Hinata Shintani (陽向), a character from the manga and anime series Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.
Sakura Mori (森 さくら, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player; Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress; Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume; Sakura Tange (丹下 桜, born 1973), Japanese voice actress and singer
Oho-Yama proposed his older daughter, Iwa-Naga-hime, instead, but Ninigi had his heart set on Sakuya-hime. Oho-Yama reluctantly agreed and Ninigi and Ko-no-hana married. Because Ninigi refused Iwa-Naga, the rock-princess, human lives are said to be short and fleeting, like the sakura blossoms, instead of enduring and long lasting, like stones.