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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]
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
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Incidentally, another language some of whose words and names have a resemblance to Japanese is Finnish. Of course they're distinguishable -- you won't see "sh" as a single sound in Finnish, or umlauted letters in Japanese -- but consider Tokyo and Nokia, Kokura and Kotka, Niigata and Naantali, Tahara and Tampere. --Anonymous, 00:01 UTC, June 4 ...
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,426 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In other words, kanji are used for their sounds, not their meanings. There was no standard system for choice of kanji, and different ones could be used to represent the same sound, with the choice made on the whims of the writer. By the end of the 8th century, 970 kanji were in use to represent the 90 morae of Japanese. [6]
[26] 大名 daimyō, "great names"; the most powerful Japanese feudal rulers from the 12th century to the 19th century genro [27] 元老 genrō, retired elder Japanese statesmen, who served as informal advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji and Taisho eras mikado [28] 帝, a dated term for "emperor"; specifically for the Emperor of Japan rōnin
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