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Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] 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. [2]
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 .
Japanese names are usually written in kanji, although some names use hiragana or even katakana, or a mixture of kanji and kana. While most "traditional" names use kun'yomi (native Japanese) kanji readings, a large number of given names and surnames use on'yomi (Chinese-based) kanji readings as well.
As Japanese citizens, Okinawans today comply with the Japanese family register (koseki) system. Accordingly, an Okinawan name has only two components, a family name and a given name. A family name is called myōji (苗字 or 名字), uji (氏) or sei (姓), and a given name is called the "front name" (名前, namae) or "lower name" (下の ...
The name also contains a floral metaphor. The word nadeshiko refers to Dianthus superbus, a frilled pink carnation. [2] The word nadeshiko (撫子) also means beloved or dear child (lit. "child being petted"). The combination of these two meanings indicates a flower of the Japanese nation, that is, a standard of female beauty that is uniquely ...
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,417 total.
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 ...
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 2,985 total.